A rescue operation was underway Saturday afternoon involving a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter and paramedics trying to help a 66-year-old woman who suffered heat exhaustion while hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains near Topanga State Park.
The LAFD was summoned at 3:37 p.m. after the woman became ill on the Bienveneda Trail north of the Leacock Trail, department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.
The helicopter lowered a flight paramedic to assess and stabilize the woman and help hoist her into the hovering aircraft for transport to a hospital, Humphrey said.