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CALISTOGA – Emergency personnel rescued an injured mountain biker near a site known around Northern California for its riding trails.
Lt. Chris Spallino of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office reported that it's rescue helicopter, Henry 1, was dispatched to the Oat Hill Mine Road near Calistoga on a report of an injured mountain biker at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Deputy Wade Borges along with Pilot Matt Heart and Paramedic Dmitri Menzel responded to the area and located 47-year-old Randy Woods of Sacramento approximately four and a half miles from the nearest roadway, Spallino reported.
The helicopter landed nearby, Menzel and Borges were secured to the bottom of a 100-foot rescue rope and were flown to Woods, according to Spallino.
Once on scene, Woods complained of a broken lower leg due to the crash, Spallino reported. Woods was placed into a rescue stretcher and long-lined to a nearby landing zone.
Spallino said the helicopter crew flew Woods to Saint Helena Hospital for treatment.
The 10-mile Oat Hill Mine Road area is known to mountain biking enthusiasts for its great views along an old wagon road.
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It is time for us as a society to rethink this issue; it is not the health insurance company that should be paying for any part of these incidences; because that cost is spread out to all of us who do not share in seeing any value in activities such as these. While such occurrences are a tragedy for those who are experiencing it; it was still a personal choice to go off road! Long gone are the days that the boring among us are willing to pay for those who are willing to push the envelope in their quest of seeking the thrill of the moment!
This rescue agency and these emergency personnel are to be applauded for their job well done! These emergency personnel risk their lives in order to secure the lives of others everyday; and I thank them for that; very much! These people are the people who we depend upon when that earthquake strikes or when the rivers overflow their banks! But when the foolish ask that they risk their life and limb in order to save them; that we really need to acknowledge The Emergency Personnel; so I say thank you to them!