Teens Rescued from SoCal Storm Drain

Victorville - Authorities rescued four teenagers trapped by rising water in a Southern California storm drain as powerful rains pounded the region.

Victorville police say one of the teens called police Monday and said they were hanging from a ladder leading to a manhole cover, but did not know their exact location.

The teens were rescued after a San Bernardino County sheriff who was looking for them heard their cries for help.

Police say the teens -- aged 19, 17, 16 and 15 -- had been trapped by a 6-foot-tall wall of rushing cold water while walking in the drain.

Victorville police spokeswoman Karen Hunt did not know why the teens were in the drain, but said it was commonly used as a shortcut to a park.