Person Plummets 200 Feet From Santa Cruz County Cliff This Morning

A person was hospitalized after falling some 200 feet from a cliff in a state park near Santa Cruz this morning, according to a Cal Fire captain.

Fire crews responded at 7:53 a.m. to a report of a patient over the side of a cliff in the Coast Dairies State Park, near Laguna Road at Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County, said Cal Fire Capt. David Hibdon.

Cal Fire crews were able to reach the patient, a male, on foot and Hibdon said they carried him out in a Stokes, or rescue, basket. The rescue took a little over an hour, Hibdon said.

A medical helicopter and a ground ambulance had both responded to the scene, but Hibdon said the man did not require air transport and was taken to the hospital in a ground ambulance.

Hibdon said he did not know the extent of the man’s injuries. The Santa Cruz Fire Department, state park rangers and Bonny Doon Fire/Rescue Inc. volunteers all assisted in the response, Hibdon said.

Several other tragic falls and outdoors incidents were reported recently around the Bay Area with responders to the rescue. Stories here:

• WATCH New Video of Derring-Do: Chopper Rescue Of Gilroy Man Who Fell 70 Feet Down Pt. Reyes Cliff
• [VIDEO] Rescued and Arrested: Suspected Vandals Find Themselves Stranded on Steep Cliff
• WATCH: Rescue Of Injured Jogger From Skyline In Napa
• One Hiker Dead, One Injured After Pt. Reyes Cliff Crumbles Under Their Feet
• Say What? Missing-Then-Found Mt. Tam Hiker ‘Jen’ Arrested On Warrant

--Bay City News

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