RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — A man and woman stuck in Trabuco Creek have the Orange County Sheriff's Department and Orange County Fire Authority to thank for their rescue.

Orange County Sheriff's Department Monday rescued the two who were stranded overnight in a pickup truck in the rain-swollen Trabuco Creek in the Trabuco Canyon area near Rancho Santa Margarita, according to reports. Orange County Sheriff's Department and Firefighters were alerted to the trapped individuals, and went to the general area about 7:15 a.m. Monday on a report of a van in the water.

"Initially firefighters found no sign of the vehicle," said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority. OCSD located the couple using their search and rescue helicopter, DUKE, according to Kurtz.

"Rescuers kept searching the area, and about two miles upstream found a pickup truck occupied by a man and woman in their 40s." The search and rescue team airlifted the pair to safety, to a nearby remote control airfield according to Kurtz.