A CHP-H 60 brought down a man who had been stranded 1000 ft. up Tahquitz Canyon. The hours long rescue was a team effort by the CHP, Palm Springs Fire Department, Palm Springs Police Department and their special unit the Palm Springs Mounted Police Search and Rescue. “He definitely had an angel watching over him,” […]
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Search and rescue crews are assisting an injured hiker who told authorities he had been stranded on a Palm Springs trail hillside for several days Thursday morning. The Palm Springs Fire Department responded to a call around 8:12 a.m. The injured hiker, who says to have been there for three to five days, was calling […]
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A hiker who suffered serious injuries this morning about one mile up the Bump and Grind Trail in Rancho Mirage was rescued by helicopter and transported to a local hospital. Firefighters received a report of a hiker suffering a medical emergency about 9:32 a.m. near the trail in the mountains behind the 72100 block of […]
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An injured hiker in the Ladder Canyon area was rescued Monday in a multi-agency effort by Cal Fire Riverside, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, and the California Highway Patrol. The hiker, whose gender was not released, was hiking in Ladder Canyon near Painted Canyon Road and Box Canyon Road in Mecca, according to Cal Fire […]
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A Texas man reported missing on December 22 was found alive in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday, according to the National Park Service. Martin Edward O’Connor, 58, was located by park rangers and evacuated from the inner canyon around 10 a.m. local time via helicopter, according to a National Park Service press release. He is undergoing a […]
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Emergency crews are treating a hiker who suffered moderate injuries while hiking the Painted Canyon trail Wednesday in Thermal, the Riverside County Fire Department said. Personnel from county fire as well as a Mercy Air medical helicopter crew were on scene as of 1:45 p.m., said county fire spokesman Rob Roseen. The patient had not […]
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A pair of lost hikers who had inadequate supplies were rescued overnight from the Bernardo Way trail head in Desert Hot Springs, sheriff’s officials said Friday. A Riverside County sheriff’s volunteer search-and-rescue team deployed about 9:15 p.m. Thursday to the trail to retrieve a 23-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman who did not have water […]
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Firefighters rescued a hiker who suffered a leg injury and became stranded on a hillside Wednesday while traversing a trail in the San Bernardino National Forest just west of Palm Desert. The remote area rescue was initiated about 1:50 p.m. when the hiker, whose name was not released, called 911 to report a lower leg […]
