TRACY – First responders saved a man's life who stopped breathing after a vehicle he was in crashed into a drainage ditch near Tracy on Sunday, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies and the California Highway Patrol responded to Paradise Avenue and Lucerne Avenue around 11 a.m. after a vehicle crashed into a drainage ditch full of water.

The first deputy who arrived at the scene found other people in the water trying to help two adults trapped in the vehicle.

One of the occupants was unresponsive and not breathing in the water, deputies said.

🚨Viewer Discretion🚨 On June 1st, 2025, at around 11 AM, our dispatch received an urgent call about a solo vehicle accident near the intersection of Paradise Ave and Lucerne Ave in Tracy. A vehicle had overturned into a drainage

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