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Child Airlifted From Sledding Crash At Mountain High

The 11-year-old was airlifted to Children's Hospital Los Angeles by a sheriff's department helicopter crew.

MOUNTAIN HIGH, CA — An 11-year-old child was airlifted to a hospital Sunday after a sledding accident at Mountain High resort in the San Gabriel Mountains, authorities said.

The child, whose gender was not immediately available, was airlifted to Children's Hospital Los Angeles aboard a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Air Rescue 5 helicopter, according to the LASD.

The child's condition was not clear, and no further information was released.

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