Press release from the U.S. Coast Guard:

The Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured hiker from the Lost Coast Trail near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County, Monday afternoon.

At approximately 12:15 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watch standers received a request from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to transport a hiker with a reported broken leg from the Lost Coast Trail near Cape Mendocino. Sector Humboldt Bay launched an Air Station Humboldt Bay MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew to hoist the hiker from a remote section of the Lost Coast Trail.

The aircrew transported the hiker and her husband to St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka for further care.