ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST – A 14-year-girl suffered major injuries Saturday when she fell from a waterfall in Eaton Canyon, authorities said.
The incident was reported shortly after 3:30 p.m. at the first waterfall of Eaton Canyon, in the Angeles National Forest north of Altadena, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Debra Herman said.
Officials flew the teen by helicopter to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena for treatment, Herman said.
Her condition was unknown late Saturday, she said, however the girl suffered head and other severe injuries.
The falling girl loosened the hillside as she plummeted 30 to 40 feet, Herman said, causing rocks and other debris to fall down on her.
The teen was with other hikers when the fall occurred, Herman said. No further details were available.
We must be extra careful all the time because we don’t know when accidents will happen. If we have a child with us, we should protect him/her and let’s put an eye to him. We don’t know what might happen.