A woman hiking near the Hollywood sign fell 15 feet down a hillside early Sunday and suffered potentially traumatic injuries, one of several emergency incidents in the area involving hikers, authorities said. The injured woman was hoisted to safety by a fire department helicopter, officials said. It was the fourth emergency call involving hikers that the fire department received Sunday morning, authorities said. A female hiker fell in Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park about 8:40 a.m. and had to be lifted out by helicopter, officials said. Another man fell about 8 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Runyon Canyon Road in the Hollywood Hills and had to be lifted out with the help of a fire department helicopter.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 02, 2020 19:30 UTC