Update: Person rescued from Salinas River amid rising water due to storm, Paso Robles officials say
Update, 4 p.m.:
The Paso Robles Police Department and Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services rescued a person who was stranded in the Salinas riverbed due to rising water levels on Thursday afternoon.
At around 1:55 p.m. first responders received reports of a person surrounded by water near the Niblick Bridge, according to a Paso Robles news release.
Units arrived to the scene within three minutes of the call and closed down a lane of Highway 101 and a lane of the Niblick Bridge during the rescue.
By 3:30 p.m. the person was safely out of the water and denied medical treatment form San Luis Ambulance paramedics.
According to the release, the person was relocated to a safe location.
Original story:
Rising water levels amid a storm in San Luis Obispo County left a person stranded and in need of rescue in the Salinas Riverbed in Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon.
The Paso Robles Police Department and Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services responded to a water rescue near the Niblick Road Bridge around 2 p.m. where a person was reportedly stranded in the riverbed below.
Police advised that the eastbound lane of Niblick Bridge and one northbound lane on Highway 101 were closed while emergency responders were on the scene.
As of 2:30 p.m. no injuries were reported, according to police.
As of 2:50 p.m. the water rescue was still underway and traffic on Niblick Bridge remained slow.
The Paso Robles Police Department asked that people avoid the Salinas River area as water levels continued to rise.
This story was originally published January 28, 2021 at 3:08 PM.
