Calabasas Gas Station Sign Falls, Traps Man

A roughly 1,000-pound sign fell on a man at Mobil station in Calabasas on Friday, leaving him with serious leg injuries, a county fire inspector said.

The accident at near the Las Virgenes offramp from the Ventura (101) Freeway was reported at 10:49 a.m., Inspector Keith Mora said.

“A worker became trapped when a 1,000 pound sign fell on the person’s legs,” Mora said. “It took about 20 minutes to free the victim who was then transported to a trauma center with serious injuries to his legs.”

Sheriff’s deputies were investigating how the sign fell, he said.

— City News Service