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Elderly Couple Trapped After Car Overturns in La Mesa

An elderly couple were trapped inside a vehicle after it overturned in La Mesa on Thursday afternoon.

According to Cal Fire officials, the crash happened at approximately 2:46 p.m. on the 9900 block of Alto Drive near Mt. Helix Drive.

It appeared that the couple had been driving up a steep driveway when their pick-up truck failed, began to roll backwards and then overturned.

Officials extricated the two people trapped inside. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.

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A truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6, trapping an elderly couple inside.
A truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6, trapping an elderly couple inside.
Melissa Jensen
A truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6, trapping an elderly couple inside.
Debris spilled out into the street after a truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6.
A truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6, trapping an elderly couple inside.
A truck flipped over on a steep driveway in the 9900 block of Alto Drive in La Mesa on Thursday, October 6, trapping an elderly couple inside.

Both were transported to a hospital.

No other information was immediately available.

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