A 40-year-old man was critically injured Saturday night in a 200-ft. fall down a cliff in Sunland.
The injury was reported at 8:42 p.m. at 11401 N. Big Tujunga Canyon Road, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department's Margaret Stewart.
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WATCH HEREThe man was conscious and alert when firefighters arrived, Stewart said.
The firefighters made their way down the cliff and secured the critically injured patient inside a litter basket to be raised to the road, Stewart said. A ground ambulance took him to an awaiting helicopter for transport to a hospital.
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SIGN UP Further details were not available, she said, including how the man wound up down the cliff.
