ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard and partner agencies completed a medevac of one person from the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area, near Tracy, California, Saturday evening.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a request for aircraft assistance from the Alameda County Fire Department at approximately 9:00 p.m. for a missing adult male found unresponsive by first responders approximately 1,000 feet down an embankment.
Watchstanders then coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew.
The aircrew arrived on scene at 10:52 p.m., hoisted the injured male into the helicopter, and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical personnel aboard a California Highway Patrol helicopter.
A CHP helicopter aircrew transported the patient to the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
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