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SAN MARCOS: Helicopter rescues injured mountain biker
By North County Times | ∞
A bicyclist injured on a mountain near Palomar College in San Marcos is placed onto the ASTREA 1 sheriff's helicopter Saturday morning for a trip to Palomar Medical Center. (Photo by Nick Morris - For The North County Times) SAN MARCOS---- A helicopter crew rescued a mountain biker who took a hard fall Saturday morning, authorities said.
About 9:15 a.m., a person called from "P" Mountain near Palomar College to report that her 34-year-old mountain biking partner had fallen, a North Comm emergency dispatcher said.
San Marcos Fire Department personnel determined after arriving at the scene that the man had suffered spinal injuries, so they called the Sheriff's Department to send in a helicopter to carry him from the rugged terrain, the dispatcher said.
The victim was strapped to a backboard and flown off the mountain in ASTREA 1, the sheriff's helicopter, to the north end of Las Posas Road, the dispatcher said.
Paramedics took the man to Palomar Medical Center.
Information on his condition was not available Saturday night.
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