Crime & Safety
Hiker Airlifted From Renote Pacific Palisades Area
The Los Angeles Fire Department rescued an injured 69-year-old man in a remote hiking area off Mulholland Drive.
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — Firefighters airlifted an injured 69-year-old hiker from a remote Pacific Palisades hiking area over the weekend.
It was the second time in less than two weeks that authorities rescued a senior hiker in the canyons around Pacific Palisades.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a request for medical assistance shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday in the 19601 block of Mulholland Drive.
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"LAFD Air Operations safely hoisted the patient and transported (him) to an area hospital," said fire department spokesman Nicholas Prange.
Authorities did not release further information about the hiker's condition.
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