Incident Date: 9-30-14

Case Number: 14-12282

Posted by: Media Relations

On 9-30-14 at 1730 hours the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a male adult from the San Diego area who was horseback riding and was in need of medical aid in the Inyo National Forest, approximately twenty miles north of the Black Rock ranger station. Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue responded with the assistance of CAL OES and Kern Sheriff’s Department Air Unit. Contact was made with the subject, who was air lifted to Lone Pine for treatment of an unknown medical condition, however he passed away. The subject's name has not been released pending notification of next of kin. More information will be released as it becomes available.