Paramedics took a man to a hospital Saturday after he suffered heat exhaustion while hiking in the Hollywood Hills, authorities said.
Firefighters and paramedics dispatched at 11:11 a.m. Saturday to 3824 Mount Lee Drive conducted a hoist operation to extraction the man from the location, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
The patient was transported to a hospital via an LAFD helicopter. No further information about his condition was immediately available.
The Southland was experiencing the worst day of a spring heat wave on Saturday, with temperatures soaring into the 90s across the greater Los Angeles region.