3 hikers found dead after high winds halt helicopter rescue in California

MOUNT BALDY, Calif. - Three hikers were recovered dormant aft precocious winds prevented a chopper from conducting a rescue connected Mount Baldy successful California.

Sheriffs and rescue teams responded to the upland astir 11:30 a.m. connected Monday aft getting a study of an injured hiker adjacent Devils Backbone. Authorities said the 19-year-old hiker reportedly fell astir 500 feet.

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The hiker's person and a hiking companion hiked to an country with compartment work to supply GPS coordinates for crews to find them.

Search and rescue crews conducted a crushed hunt portion Sheriff's Air Rescue conducted an aerial search. Deputies were capable to find the injured hiker and the 2 different individuals nearby, but owed to terrible winds, the chopper was incapable to safely implicit the rescue.

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Several hours later, an airship from Los Angeles County assisted with the rescue, but precocious winds inactive affected their quality to rescue the hikers.

The sheriff's bureau said an aerial medic was hoisted down and confirmed each 3 hikers were dead. Recovery operations are presently underway.

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Authorities did not merchandise the names of the hikers, and said much accusation volition beryllium released arsenic it becomes available.

Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the Fontana Sheriff's Station astatine 909-356-6767 oregon dispatch astatine 909-387-8313. You tin besides interaction their anonymous extremity enactment astatine 1-800-78CRIME.