Edhat StaffBy the edhat staff
A mountain biker sustained a spinal injury on Tunnel Trail after crashing Sunday morning.
At 7:27 a.m., Santa Barbara County firefighters and County Search & Rescue responded to the scene and rendered aid to the 47-year-old cyclist.
Air Support Helicopter 4 arrived and with a hoist rescue the cyclist was lifted into the helicopter and transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
MountainBikerRescue: Tunnel Trail, SB. 47yo make Mount biker crashed w/spinal Injury. Hoist rescued by w/SBC ASU Copt 4 FF Paramedics/air transport to SBCH /assisted by SBC Medic Eng.15 & Recon 11, SAR, and ambulance. CT 7:27am pic.twitter.com/mJvbk1bfS2
— Scott Safechuck (@SBCFireInfo) November 20, 2022
Out for a “Sunday ride” can go really bad if you don’t have the right protective gear (always)! I’d probably go out (due to heart failure from the height thing) from that lift ride. Hope this “Mount biker ” recovers well from this. [going out on a limb here and “Assume” that the wording on Scott Safechuck’s site/link should be worded as: 47yo male Mountain biker… [but I understand that brevity is important w/tweets, & the amount of information that’s provided very impressive]
So, I hope this dude gets back on it soon! think good thoughts….