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Sick Hiker Rescued from Bump and Grind

Firefighters were contacted at 8:45 a.m. to assist a woman who was on the trail.

Firefighters were dispatched today to the Bump and Grind trail in Rancho Mirage to attend to an ailing hiker.

Firefighters were contacted at 8:45 a.m. to assist the woman, whose name was not released, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said.

Emergency workers hiked down the trail with her, and she was transported to a local hospital for treatment of weakness and apparent dehydration, Hendrickson said.

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