A woman was bitten by a rattlesnake off of a trail in the Wood Ranch area of Simi Valley April 30, according to authorities.
At 2:40 p.m., Ventura County Fire Department responded to a call of a female hiker being bitten by snake off of Long Canyon Trail in Simi Valley, said Andy VanSciver, spokesperson for the department.
The woman was bitten on the ankle and was flown by Ventura County Air Unit in stable condition to a local hospital, VanSciver said.
This incident is the seventh snake bite incident in the county since mid-March, the spokesperson said.
A 46-year-old Moorpark woman died after a rattlesnake bite in Thousand Oaks in March. A Newbury Park teen was hospitalized for days after a rattlesnake bite in the Santa Monica Mountains off Wendy Trailhead on March 20.
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