The Los Angeles County Fire Department airlifted two patients who may have suffered from heat strokes at Vasquez Rocks Wednesday afternoon, according to department officials.
Jonathan Matheny, a public information officer with the department, said the helicopter took the patients to a local hospital shortly after 3 p.m.
First responders arrived at Vasquez Rocks at 2:55 p.m. and determined that the air evacuation would be the fastest way to transport the patient to the hospital given the area’s winding roads, according to Matheny.
Updated at 4 p.m. An earlier version of this story said only one patient was airlifted.