A hiker was taken to a hospital Sunday after suffering heat exhaustion on a trail in the Rancho Penasquitos neighborhood.
At 2:40 p.m. Sunday, first responders were sent to Los Peñasquitos Canyon, on Park Village Road, to assist the person, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The unidentified hiker was with three others, roughly one mile past the waterfall.
A helicopter transported the hiker to a nearby Sharp Hospital, according to the department. The person’s condition was not disclosed.
In related news, San Diego County on Friday announced the August closure of three parks in connection with rising summer temperatures.
According to a county news release, the parks are El Capitan Preserve, near the community of Lakeside; Hellhole Canyon Preserve, in Valley Center; and Mt. Gower Preserve, in Ramona.
The county shuts the parks down every August “to protect residents during what is often the hottest time of the year,” officials said.
