Rattlesnake Bites Woman Along Hiking Trail In Ventura County

CBS Los Angeles

May 1, 2026

Paramedics airlifted a woman to a local hospital after a rattlesnake bit her along a Simi Valley hiking trail on Thursday.

The Ventura County Fire Department said the woman was walking along Long Canyon Trail in Wood Ranch when the snake bit her. Firefighters sent crews on the ground and in the air before airlifting the woman in a stable condition.

Ventura County Fire said this is the seventh rattlesnake bite reported since mid-March.

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