DANVILLE -- A 19-year-old hiker suffered major injuries Sunday after he slipped and tumbled as much as 60 feet down a cliff while climbing Sentinel Rock on Mount Diablo.
According to the California Highway Patrol, they received a call for rescue helicopter assistance at the popular Bay Area recreation area around at approximately 4:40 p.m.
The helicopter lowered a San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District rescue technician to assist the injured hiker.
**Hoist Rescue-Rock City, Mount Diablo**
At approximately 4:40 pm, CHP H-30 responded with San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District and California State Parks to a report of a climber who fell from Sentinel Rock.
H-30 arrived overhead as Valley Fire and State Parks made access to the victim. H-30 lowered a San Ramon Valley Fire Helicopter Rescue Technician to the scene to assist in the rescue.
The patient, a 19 year old male, was climbing Sentinel Rock when he fell approx 30-60 feet to a ledge below. The climber sustained major injuries.
Once the climber was placed into rescue equipment by San Ramon Valley Firefighters, he was hoisted to H-30 and flown to a nearby Lz. The patient was transferred to a waiting REACH helicopter and flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
California State Park Rangers will be investigating this incident.
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Authorities said the hiker was climbing Sentinel Rock when he fell approximately 30-60 feet to a ledge below. He sustained major injuries.
Once the climber was placed into rescue equipment, he was hoisted to helicopter and flown to a nearby landing zone. He was then transferred to a waiting REACH helicopter and flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
California State Park Rangers were investigating the cause of the fall.
