The Kauaʻi Fire Department firefighters rescued an injured 15-year-old male visitor from California on Sunday after he fell hiking the Kalalau Trail.
Firefighters were dispatched shortly before 12:40 p.m. to a report that the teenager had fallen approximately 15 to 20 feet near Hanakāpīʻai Falls.
Personnel with the Hanalei Fire Station, Rescue 3 aboard Air 1 and American Medical Response responded to the incident.
According to a preliminary report, the air team searched the area before landing at the Hanakāpīʻai Beach landing zone. Rescuers hiked up the trail and located the hiker, who had an apparent head injury and was walking down with family.
Rescuers loaded the hiker onto the aircraft and transported him and a guardian to Princeville Airport, where Hanalei Fire Station personnel assisted with transferring care to AMR medics.
