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MURRIETA: Elderly hiker rescued from remote hiking trail after heat injury

April 23, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

MURRIETA — An elderly woman was rescued Saturday afternoon from a remote, hiking trail in the hills west of Murrieta and Temecula. The unincorporated area is home to a number of popular, well-traveled hiking trails, including Sylvan Meadows, Santa Rosa Plateau and Hidden Valley Trails among others. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the Vernal Pool Trail, in the area of Rancho California and Tenaja Roads, shortly before […]

LAKE ELSINORE: Injured man rescued from mountainside after hang gliding accident

October 17, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

LAKE ELSINORE — A man suffered minor injuries and had to be airlifted from a remote, mountainous area after crashing while hang gliding, Sunday, Oct. 15. The accident and remote area rescue happened near Ortega Highway and Main Divide Road, in an unincorporated area of the Cleveland National Forest west of Lake Elsinore. Riverside County Sheriff and Fire officials were dispatched to reports of a hang glider down just before […]