News From Around The County
Three different remote-area rescues that were all reported in just over a four-hour period strained fire and law enforcement resources, Saturday, Aug. 26. The three different and unrelated rescues took place in Lake Elsinore, San Jacinto and Mountain Center. One of the incidents resulted in one victim with major injuries and the other two both resulted in minor injuries. Two […]
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If page fails to load properly or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Department’s Aviation Support Unit made an incredibly difficult rescue of a stranded hiker look easy when the helicopter’s pilot made not one, but two separate mountainside “one-skid” landings during a Friday, May […]
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TEMECULA – A woman was seriously injured while hiking in an area known as “Bum River” or “Bum Creek” Saturday, March 18. The area – which is in the hills just west of Temecula Parkway and Old Town Front Street – is part of the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. The victim was airlifted from the hills before being transported to […]
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UPDATE: 7/28/2016 1 p.m. Juvenile located and safely recovered IDYLLWILD – With assistance from Riverside County’s Aviation Unit, a ground deputy was able to locate a 16-year-old juvenile who called 911 this morning, July 28 at about 11:37 a.m. to report he had become separated from a group he was camping with near Idyllwild. Although it turned out he […]
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CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST – A young hiker became separated from her group while hiking along the Skyline Trail in the Cleveland National Forest, Friday, June 10. She was eventually located and returned home safely to her anxious family after an extensive search of the area, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Ray Ricken explained in a press release. The hiker, who was only identified as […]
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Trevor Montgomery A call from an injured hiker on a Menifee trail this morning brought emergency first responders from multiple agencies together for a coordinated rescue effort. The victim was safely hoisted from the area and brought to emergency first responders by a sheriff’s helicopter. The hiker, who was not identified, had reportedly hiked along a trail on the […]
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