Emergency personnel rescue injured paraglider in mountains above Carpinteria
and last updated 2021-04-19 00:25:04-04
The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District says it first received reports of a paraglider down, shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday.
Officials say the reported incident location was below Divide Peak, in the mountains above Carpinteria. Cell phone GPS coordinates were used however, to determine a more exact location.
The steep terrain made it difficult to access by foot for emergency personnel, so Santa Barbara County Fire Copter 3 from Santa Ynez was subsequently dispatched to perform a hoist operation off the side of the mountain.
Fire officials say a rescuer had to be sent down from the helicopter to retrieve the 60-year-old injured man.
A helicopter crew rescued a paraglider pilot who crashed in the mountains north of Carpinteria Sunday
Craft Went Down in Mountains; Man Rescued by Helicopter
A man flying a paraglider on the South Coast crash landing in the mountains, and had to be rescued by a helicopter.
It happened Sunday afternoon near Divide Peak, north of Carpinteria.
Cell phone GPS data helped locate the pilot.
Firefighters with the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District tried to reach the injured man, but the terrain was too rugged to get to him by foot.
A Santa Barbara County Fire Department helicopter was sent to the scene. A crew member was lowered to the man, and they were then both hoisted to safety. The paraglider pilot escaped with minor injuries. There’s no word on what led to the crash.
Nelson Roosendahl
SUMMERLAND, Calif. - Firefighters with Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District and Montecito Fire responded to a fatal train crash in Summerland Tuesday afternoon.
It happened around 1:33 p.m. on the tracks running parallel to the west end of Lookout Park.
Crews said the initial call sent them to an area near Fernald Point, however the victim and train were located at the actual scene near Lookout.
Once there, paramedics found a woman in her mid-30 s who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by law enforcement. The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
Vehicle over the side in Carpinteria
Carpinteria Summerland Fire Protection District
Posted at 6:40 AM, Mar 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-16 09:40:08-04
On Tuesday at about 4:20 a.m., three Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Units responded with CHP and AMR to a reported vehicle over the side, near Bates Road and Highway 101.
According to the Carpinteria Summerland Fire Protection District, the vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 101 before it left the highway and rolled down the embankment.
The vehicle then came to rest on the far side of the railroad tracks.
The sole occupant was able to self-extricate himself from the vehicle and walk back up to the highway.
Vehicle veered off the freeway and down an embankment near Bates Road
A man was transported to the hospital after sustaining minor injuries early Tuesday when a vehicle veered off Highway 101 in Carpinteria and ended up near the railroad tracks. (Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
March 16, 2021
| 9:15 a.m.
A man was transported to the hospital after sustaining minor injuries early Tuesday when his vehicle veered off Highway 101 in Carpinteria and ended up near the railroad tracks, according to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District.
The single-car crash occurred at about 4:20 a.m. near Bates Road and Highway 101, Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Marshal Rob Rappaport said.