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.

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