Crime & Safety

Teenager Airlifted to Hospital after Fall in Eaton Canyon

The boy broke his leg and suffered hypothermia on Saturday.

A teenage boy up at the first waterfall in Eaton Canyon broke his leg during a hike on Saturday afternoon around 4 p.m., according to Sgt. Debra Herman of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The youth had been climbing around in the area and fell from a cliff, Herman said.  He was airlifted to Huntington Hospital by the county's Air 5 rescue team.

The boy also had hypothermia, the likely result of being in cold water that is in the streambed this time of year. 

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