Mountain biker hurt near Lake Hodges, San Diego

Mountain biker hurt near Lake Hodges

By: North County Times wire services -

SAN DIEGO -- Ground and helicopter crews came to the rescue Wednesday
of a woman who was injured when she fell off a mountain bike she was
riding on a dirt trail near Lake Hodges, authorities reported.

A companion of the 22-year-old bicyclist made an emergency call about
4:15 p.m. to report the accident near Via Rancho Parkway and
Interstate 15, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The caller told dispatchers the victim hit her head and was
unconscious for a time, department spokesman Maurice Luque said.


A sheriff's helicopter crew went to the scene and, with help from
firefighters and paramedics from San Diego and Escondido, hoisted the
injured woman onto the aircraft for transport to a hospital.

The patient's name and medical condition were not immediately
available.

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On Thu, 03 May 2007 19:52:15 -0700, Mike Vandeman
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http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007..._575_2_07.txt:

Mountain biker hurt near Lake Hodges

By: North County Times wire services -

SAN DIEGO -- Ground and helicopter crews came to the rescue Wednesday
of a woman who was injured when she fell off a mountain bike she was
riding on a dirt trail near Lake Hodges, authorities reported.

A companion of the 22-year-old bicyclist made an emergency call about
4:15 p.m. to report the accident near Via Rancho Parkway and
Interstate 15, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The caller told dispatchers the victim hit her head and was
unconscious for a time, department spokesman Maurice Luque said.


A sheriff's helicopter crew went to the scene and, with help from
firefighters and paramedics from San Diego and Escondido, hoisted the
injured woman onto the aircraft for transport to a hospital.

The patient's name and medical condition were not immediately
available.
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande