Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:18 pm
A teenage girl hiking with a large school group in the Sabino Canyon area had to be rescued after collapsing Wednesday afternoon.

She was one of two teen's in the group who needed medical assistance during a hike to the Seven Falls area in the canyon, officials said.

About 60 people from a church and school were hiking in the area on Wednesday, officials said. Authorities received a call at about 1:30 p.m. saying a teenage girl had fainted and fallen on the hike. The high in Tucson on Wednesday was 103 degrees.

A second call was received from the group saying that another teenage girl had passed out near Seven Falls.

That hiker was transported by helicopter from the canyon to a hospital in serious condition, officials said.

Authorities helped the other teen out of the canyon. The other members of the group made their way to a location in Sabino Canyon where they could be picked up by buses from the school. Four youths in the group were being monitored by medical personnel because they showed signs of heat stress.

Officials didn't name the school, but the buses being used to ferry the hikers out of the canyon were from Desert Christian School on the east side.

As of 7 p.m., ambulances were still being called to Sabino Canyon to deal with dehydrated hikers, but it was believed that most in the group had reached the staging area.

Officials said several people in the group had medical training and it appears the hikers took enough water for their trip.

The hike to Seven Falls is about 8 miles round trip from Sabino Canyon's parking area.

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