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.
Additional firefighters hiked toward the scene while others used a four-wheel-drive vehicle to try to reach the patient from the ground. The Burbank Fire Department also responded, sending crews in a side-by-side utility vehicle to assist.
By about 11:38 a.m., LAFD said the man could not be revived despite extensive efforts.
Aeromedics completed the protocol for a determination of death, and the scene was set to be turned over to law enforcement.
No further details about what caused the medical emergency were immediately released.
