Sheriff's Air Rescue Team hoist a motorist after his car went down the mountain-side
DATE/TIME: June 22, 2018, at approximately 8:00 a.m.
INCIDENT: Hoist Rescue/Medical Aid
LOCATION: Running Springs: Hwy 330/Old City Creek
VICTIM(S): 40-year-old male from Riverside
CREW: 40King4- Pilot- Lieutenant A. Daniel, Flight Officer- Corporal E. Leon
AR306- Pilot- Sergeant M. Gilley, Crew Chief- Corporal J. Scalise, Medics- R. Katzer, N. Seldon
SUMMARY:
On Friday, June 22nd, at approximately 8:00 a.m., the crew of AR306 was requested to assist San Bernardino County Fire Department in the area of Running Springs with the report of a traffic collision, where a vehicle went down the mountain-side. Sheriff’s Helicopter 40King4 assisted in locating the vehicle, which came to rest in dense foliage, approximately 300 yards below the highway.
While San Bernardino County Fire Department personnel were extricating the victim, AR306 landed at a nearby school and configured for a hoist. After a short time, AR306 was asked to return to the scene and perform the hoist. Corporal Scalise, acting as Crew Chief, lowered Air Medic Katzer approximately 70 feet to the scene, where he helped prep the victim for a hoist recovery in a “stokes” basket. Both the victim and Medic Katzer were hoisted from the scene, and the victim was flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment of his serious injuries.
The California Highway Patrol is conducting the investigation regarding the cause of the traffic collision.
Refer: Cpl. J. Scalise
Station: Emergency Operations Division- Aviation Unit
Case #: BDC# 18-126031
Phone No. (909)252-4100
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Address/Location
SBSD - Headquarters
655 E 3rd St
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700