Injured hiker airlifted from Pacific Crest Trail in Anza
An injured hiker was airlifted off a hiking trail in Anza today and taken to a hospital.
The unidentified man was reported hurt just before 9 a.m. on the Pacific Crest Trail, near mile marker 138.82, according to April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department.
The hiker, who suffered an unspecified “lower extremity injury,” was located by a Riverside County sheriff’s helicopter and loaded onto the chopper by county firefighters who hiked to his location, Newman said.
He was flown to a waiting ground ambulance, which took him to a hospital for treatment of moderate injuries, Newman said.
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