ARLETA MAN DISCOVERED INJURED, ALIVE NO INDICATION YET WHY CRUZ WANDERED INTO CANYON.Byline: Ryan Oliver and Jason Kandel Staff Writers A 26-year-old Arleta man missing since Aug. 9 was found injured Tuesday afternoon seven miles from his sport utility vehicle in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . Two hikers came upon Luis Cruz on the Grizzly Trailhead of Big Tujunga Canyon about 5 p.m. Sgt. James Anderson with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. said Cruz was immobile due to injuries he sustained to his hip and shoulder. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La evacuated Cruz by helicopter to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. It was not clear Tuesday night why Cruz had ventured into the canyon or how he was injured. Authorities had been combing hiking trails above La Canada Flintridge since Monday when Cruz's Chevrolet Tahoe was found in the Switzer's Campground parking lot. Relatives of Cruz reported him missing Aug. 11, when he failed to come home from his volunteer job caring for a 64-year-old man from Valley Village. LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. James Reid said Cruz's vehicle was given a parking citation on Aug. 11 at the campground. It wasn't until Monday that a U.S. Forest Service ranger ran the plates on the abandoned vehicle and realized it was connected to a missing-person case. Authorities said they would have called off the search Tuesday if a bloodhound bloodhound, breed of large hound whose ancestors were known in the Mediterranean region before the Christian era. It stands about 25 in. (63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 80 and 110 lb (36.3–49.9 kg). hadn't picked up a scent Monday. |
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