A member of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue team died Saturday while searching for missing hiker Sree Mokkapati on Mount Baldy.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet at 5:02 p.m. that a rescue team member was separated from his partner and found unresponsive after an air search.
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A medic was lowered to the team member and found him dead on ice and snow, according to officials.
Search operations for Mokkapati have been suspended and crews have been recalled from the mountain.
No other details about the rescuer’s cause of death were immediately available.
Source: NBC Los Angeles