A 79-year-old man from Glendale died after falling 50 feet to the base of a waterfall in Los Padres National Forest in Central California.
Hugh Blanchard was hiking with friends when the man somehow fell 50 feet off a cliff. The cause of the fall is unknown. Rescuers were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. Due to the steep terrain, a chopper wasn’t able to land nearby.
Rescuers were forced to carry the man to a more open area where a chopper was able to land and hoist him to safety. Blanchard was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.
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