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WATCH: Paramedic Rescues Female Hiker Trapped In Hollywood Hills

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - A 21-year-old hiker was rescued Tuesday after she became trapped in the Hollywood Hills.

A Los Angeles Fire Department Air Ops unit lowered a paramedic to retrieve the woman, who was trapped approximately 100 feet down a hillside on the 3600
block of North Mount Lee Drive , authorities said.

Rescuers used a hoist to bring the hiker into the chopper for transport to a nearby hospital.

There was no word on the hiker's injuries.

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