Patient hoisted after being injured in San Pedro’s ‘Sunken City’ area

Search and rescue crews hoisted a man who was found injured at the bottom of San Pedro’s “Sunken City” area Tuesday night.

Los Angeles firefighters found a man and a woman at the scene when they were called to an area near Shepard Street and South Carolina Street to help two patients shortly before midnight.

One of the patients, who was able to walk, was evaluated by personnel at the scene and released, the Fire Department said.

The second patient was found on the side of the cliff and in need of assistance but an Air Operations crew could not help due to weather conditions and poor visibility.

“Firefighters and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) on the ground performed a land-based technical rope rescue to raise 1 patient at base of rocky area known as Sunken City,” the Fire Department stated.

The man who required the rope rescue was taken to a local trauma center in unknown condition.

The identities of the victims have not been released.

There was no word on why the two were in the area.

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