Fast-Thinking Woman Uses GPS App To Relay Location Of Injured Marin Biker To CHP Helicopter
SAN RAFAEL (CBS SF) -- San Rafael paramedics and California Highway Patrol officers rescued an injured man who fell from his mountain bike in China Camp State Park in Marin County Tuesday evening, according to the CHP.
The injured bicyclist, a Marin County resident, suffered moderate injuries when he fell along a single-track trail, CHP Officer James Andrews said.
The San Rafael Fire Department notified the CHP's helicopter unit about the incident around 7:30 p.m., Andrews said.
The CHP's H-32 helicopter located the injured man in the steep and rugged terrain after a good Samaritan used a GPS app on her cellphone to relay the coordinates where the incident occurred to rescuers, Andrews said.
The trail was in steep and rugged terrain, and the H-32 helicopter landed at the San Rafael Fire Department's command post in a nearby field, Andrews said.
The helicopter configured with a hoist flew a fire department paramedic to the site of the injured mountain biker, who was then flown to an ambulance at the field. The injured man was then taken to a hospital, Andrews said.
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