Exhausted Hiker Rescued By Air From Pacific Palisades Trail: LAFD

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — A hiker suffering from exhaustion needed to be rescued by air from a Pacific Palisades trail Saturday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

LAFD air and ground crews responded to the Bienveneda Trail, north of the Leacock Trail, at around 3:30 p.m. for a report of a 66-year-old female hiker suffering from exhaustion, according to firefighters.

An LAFD rescue helicopter lowered a flight paramedic to assess and stabilize the patient. Crews planned to hoist the patient into the helicopter for in-flight care and transportation to a local hospital, according to the LAFD.