Crime & Safety
1 Rescued From Canyon Near Torrey Pines High School
It took 20 fire personnel and a rescue helicopter about 50 minutes to extricate the patient.
SAN DIEGO, CA — One person was hospitalized after being rescued by a helicopter Sunday morning in a canyon next to Torrey Pines High School.
The San Diego Fire Rescue Department was dispatched to an open space rescue at Gonzales Canyon Open Space Park shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday in the 4400 block of Lansdale Drive and Torrey Highlands Park Road, according to authorities.
It took 20 fire personnel and a rescue helicopter about 50 minutes to extricate the patient, who was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.
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Details on the extent of the injuries were not released and no other injuries were reported.
— City News Service
