A man escaped injury, but his car is totaled, when his car skidded off the roadway and landed in a water-filled ditch in Yucca Valley early New Year’s Day. Swift water rescue personnel were called about 3:30 a.m. to Kickapoo Avenue and Yucca Trail where they found the gray, four-door sedan submerged up to its windows. A passer-by had already assisted the male driver out of the vehicle and drove him home; he was uninjured. County Fire Battalion Chief Mike Snow said signs warning of flooded road conditions were in place. It’s unknown if alcohol was a factor.