A driver who rode a wave of muddy water down a twisting street in his car during a Southern California flood said he is lucky to be alive. "I just got pushed down the side of a hill by a wall of water and mud," Desionne Franklin said Thursday in an Instagram video two days after the terrifying ride. Water, rocks and mud cascaded down from mountains stripped bare of soil-stabilizing brush by a recent wildfire. Franklin drove slowly down the steep, curving road through waves of rock-laden, muddy water. Then, a wave of water crashed into the back of the car.

Source: ABC News January 12, 2018 04:30 UTC