Hiker dies after remote rescue attempt in Shadow Hills

A man died Sunday after rescuers carried out an intense aerial and ground response to a medical emergency in the hills above Shadow Hills, officials confirmed.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 10:44 a.m. to Fire Road West after air operations units located a mountain biker in a hard-to-reach area.

Aeromedics were lowered by hoist from a helicopter and began advanced life-saving efforts on the roughly 50-year-old man, who was in severe medical distress and undergoing CPR…

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