A hiker was rescued Sunday afternoon after a rattlesnake bite on the Buena Vista Trail in Montecito, the second such incident in the area this month, according to emergency responders.
At 3:38 p.m., the Montecito Fire Department responded to reports of an injured hiker roughly three-quarters of a mile up the trail. The woman had been bitten on the ankle but could not call 9-1-1 due to inadequate cell service. She “was able to send a text to a loved one, who then contacted emergency services,” the department said in a social media release.
Dispatchers maintained contact with the hiker as she made her way downhill and directed her to use a whistle she had brought with her. “Dispatchers instructed her to blow it repeatedly to help first responders locate her,” the Montecito Fire Department said…