Crime & Safety
CHP Rescues Injured Hiker From Cliff Near Monticello Dam
A helicopter was used to pluck the 20-year-old from the side of a cliff.
Rescue crews were able to aid an injured hiker who fell down a cliff near the Monticello Dam in Solano County on Sunday.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter responded around 3:30 p.m. to a call of a man stuck on a cliff near the Monticello Dam on the southeast corner of Lake Berryessa.
Officers said a 20-year-old hiker had fallen down a steep and precarious cliff and was stuck 50 feet from the bottom of the cliff and 200 feet from the top.
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Officers were able to implement a hoist rescue to extricate the hiker from the cliff.
The hiker was flown to a nearby landing zone and then transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
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