Edhat StaffUpdate by edhat staff
Santa Barbara County Firefighters and rescue helicopter responded to a dehydrated mountain biker at Gaviota Peak on Sunday.
At 1:05 p.m., crews responded to the area and determined the biker was attempting to ride across the Camino to Santa Barbara, said Fire Captain Daniel Bertucelli.
It was determined the cyclist was suffering from dehydration. The victim was hoisted into Helicopter 4 and flown to Fire Station 38 where a ground ambulance transferred them to the hospital for evaluation.
Hoist Rescue, Dehydrated mountain biker fell ill on Gaviota peak. SBC E38 and SBCASU hoisted patient out and flew him to station 38 where an AMR ambulance was waiting to transport him to Cottage. Call Newsline C/T 1305 pic.twitter.com/kAtRbUlYQY
— Daniel Bertucelli (@SBCFireInfo) April 25, 2021
By Scanner Andrew
Firefighters are responding to a report of an injured hiker on the Gaviota peak trail. Copter 4 is responding.
*massive eye roll*
(at your comment, not the situation)
It was a dehydrated biker. Back in the old days we took a rest, drank some water and carried on. Now everyone who sneezes gets a ride out on a helicopter. It wasn’t even hot yesterday.