A hiker with an injured lower leg was airlifted from a La Quinta trail Thursday.
Firefighters were dispatched to Bear Creek Oasis Trail near Calle Tecate and Avenida Ramirez shortly about 11:20 a.m. and hiked about two miles from the trailhead to get to the injured woman, Melody Hendrickson of the Riverside County Fire Department said.
The woman was airlifted by a helicopter and taken to a hospital by ambulance with minor injuries, she said.
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