Tag: Inaccessible Rescue

Hiker suffers fatal heart attack on popular Riverside hiking trail

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a man who suffered a cardiac event died while hiking along a popular Riverside trail in the Box Springs Mountain Reserve Park early yesterday morning, Friday, Aug. 13. The well-traveled 8.5 mile 2 Trees Trail begins just northeast of University of California Riverside and eventually leads to the well-known “M” perched high atop Box Springs […]

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Injured hiker airlifted from Mecca’s Painted Canyon

MECCA — A person who was injured while hiking at Mecca’s Painted Canyon was airlifted from the scene after spending about four hours stranded in the remote and hard to access area Sunday, May 12. Yesterday’s rescue happened near Painted Canyon and Box Canyon roads, according to fire officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Too drunk to stand, driver arrested after […]

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