A rattlesnake has bitten another hiker in Southern California, sending them to the hospital after being carried off the trail by firefighters over the weekend, according to Santa Barbara County officials.<\/p>\n
On Sunday around 3:38 p.m., the Montecito Fire Protection District responded to the Buena Vista Trail to an injured hiker, according to an agency social media post<\/a>. The female hiker was about three quarters of a mile up the trail when she was bitten on the ankle. <\/p>\n She didn\u2019t have call service to call 911 but sent a text to someone she knew, who contacted emergency services, according to the post. <\/p>\n The hiker made her way down the trail and was told by dispatchers to blow her whistle so first responders could find her, the agency said. <\/p>\n Montecito firefighters and Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue found the hiker and transported her to the trailhead, according to the post. She was then taken to a hospital. <\/p>\n The incident marks the second emergency on a Montecito hiking trail in recent weeks, according to authorities.<\/p>\n Last month, a Ventura County woman died from a rattlesnake bite on a Southern California hiking trail during an unusually active period of snake attacks<\/a> and unseasonably warm weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n