Rescue team airlifts injured hiker who fell 40 feet from Bailey Canyon

A Los Angeles County sheriff's helicopter airlifted an injured hiker to safety in Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park in Sierra
Madre, authorities said.

The female hiker was reported missing around 2:50 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of West Carter Avenue, fire officials said.

The sheriff's department posted video on Twitter of a tactical medic being lowered into the canyon to tend to the hiker, who had fallen 40 feet. She was airlifted to safety and taken to a hospital.

It was unclear what injuries she suffered.

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