Studio City Hiker Airlifted To Safety After Fryman Canyon Fall

STUDIO CITY, CA — A woman was airlifted to a hospital after she fell and sustained an apparent ankle fracture while hiking on or near the Fryman Canyon Trail in Studio City Saturday, authorities said.

The fall was reported at 1:43 p.m. near the 8400 block of West Mulholland Drive, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

"She is being treated and stabilized by first arriving LAFD ground crews who hiked to her location, and will soon be hoisted aboard a hovering LAFD rescue helicopter for continuing in-flight care during direct transport to an area hospital," Humphrey wrote in a statement.