An injured man was airlifted from a Santa Barbara County beach on Wednesday, officials say.
At about 12:28 p.m. on Feb. 9, officials responded to the beach below More Mesa near Goleta. When they arrived, they found a middle-aged man with a large neck injury.
Firefighter paramedics with Santa Barbara County Fire Department treated the man on scene before he was airlifted by Ventura County Fire Department's Copter 8 to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara.
Officials corrected early reports which falsely indicated that the man had fallen from the cliff.
SBC on scene of a behavioral emergency on the beach below More Mesa in Goleta. Contrary to early reports, the man did not fall from cliff and was airlifted by VCFD Copter to SB Cottage Hospital.
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