A young man died early Saturday after taking a fall while hiking near the second waterfall at Eaton Canyon, authorities said.
John Jutiyasantayanon ,23, of Montclair was pronounced dead at the scene of the fall, coroner’s officials said.
Authorities received word of the incident about 9:30 a.m., Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Debra Herman said.
A man and woman, both in their 20s, were hiking in the area when the man fell about 50 feet, then continued sliding down the hillside, the sergeant said.
The woman, “tried to help him and got trapped herself,” Herman said.
Altadena Search and Rescue Team members and Los Angeles County firefighters hoisted the woman from the cliff by helicopter and dropped her off in the field of a nearby school, Herman said. She was treated for minor injuries.
Other hikers performed CPR on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Accidents and rescues are common in Eaton Canyon, and Saturday’s fatal incident was the second reported in the area this week.
Twenty-one-year-old Erwin Molina died at a hospital Monday evening shortly after falling from an area near the first waterfall of Eaton Canyon, coroner’s officials said.
A 31-year-old man badly broke his legs Thursday when he fell from the same cliff.