Firefighters airlift seriously injured woman after fall on Lanikai Pillbox Trail
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Fire Department responded to an injured hiker at the Lanikai Pillbox in Kailua on Thursday. The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 6:25 p.m. and responded shortly after, and began ascending the trail on foot to search by ground. The second-arriving unit secured a landing zone nearby to prepare for air operations. Officials said that a 53-year-old woman was hiking and fell, sustained an ankle injury, multiple abrasions, and could not continue on her own. Firefighters on foot arrived at her side at 6:46 p.m., performed an initial medical assessment, provided basic life support treatment, and prepared her for extraction.
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