LOS ANGELES (KNX) — An injured hiker was airlifted to a hospital on Saturday after suffering an injury in a remote part of Los Angeles’ Griffith Park.
The hiker was located shortly after 10:15 a.m. near the 2800 block of East Observatory Road, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The unnamed male hiker was safely brought aboard an LAFD helicopter shortly before 11 a.m. and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The nature of the hiker’s injuries were not disclosed by fire officials. He was described as being incapacitated to the extent that he was unable to get to an official trail or back to his car, a spokesperson for the LAFD said.
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