MENIFEE (CNS) - A man was injured today in a remote area of Menifee
that firefighters could not immediately access, requiring a sheriff's
helicopter crew to hoist him to safety.The inaccessible rescue operation was initiated about 2:15 p.m. in the
area of Bell Mountain and Holland roads, according to the Riverside County
Fire Department.The agency said that the victim, whose identity was not released,
suffered an unspecified minor injury that left him unable to walk under his own
power. He called 911 for help.He was in an area without paved or dirt roads, so fire crews were
unable to use their vehicles to reach him, prompting a request for assistance
from the sheriff's STAR-9 Airbus helicopter crew.The chopper reached the location shortly before 3 p.m. and hoisted t
