A San Diego fire engine.
Photo credit: Courtesy, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

An elderly woman suffered a head injury Sunday after falling on a hiking trail in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department received a report at 4:29 p.m. Sunday of an injured woman on the trail at Sorrento Valley Boulevard and Sea Mist Way, according to Battalion Chief David Pilkerton.

Eight rescue units with 21 crew members responded to the call.

The woman was transported by helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Pilkerton said but her condition was not available.

– City News Service