Crime & Safety
Driver Careens Off Sedco Hills Road Into Canyon, 'Critically Injured'
For unknown reasons, the man plunged down a 200-foot embankment and was found trapped inside his vehicle.
WILDOMAR, CA — A motorist was critically injured Wednesday after his vehicle plunged down a hillside south of Canyon Lake, requiring a helicopter to hoist him to safety.
The crash happened at about 12:35 p.m. near the intersection of Lost Road and Lake View Drive, in the Sedco Hills area, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and found the man trapped in his vehicle, down a 200-foot embankment.
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Firefighters requested assistance from a sheriff's STAR-9 helicopter crew to perform a hoist rescue after they extricated the victim, whose identity was not released, from the wreckage. He was then taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar for treatment of life-threatening injuries, according to officials at the scene.
The rescue operation was completed shortly before 2 p.m. Sheriff's deputies were investigating the crash.
