First Responders in Los Gatos
First responders arrived on the scene of a medial emergency Christmas Eve afternoon. (Photo by Roger Sanford / Los Gatan)

First responders headed to the intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue and Main Street in Los Gatos just after noon on Christmas Eve to render aid to someone experiencing a health crisis, authorities said.

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department officers got the call at 12:33pm, police confirmed.

Getting the gurney. (Photo by Roger Sanford / Los Gatan)

According to a Los Gatos police official, authorities realized the situation was a medical emergency, and so Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Services took over from there.

Santa Cruz Avenue and Main Street intersection. (Photo by Roger Sanford / Los Gatan)

A Los Gatan photographer at the scene captured images of a Santa Clara County Fire Department truck in the middle of the intersection, while Los Gatos police controlled the flow of traffic and paramedics evaluated a patient.

Police and fire dispatchers declined to immediately provide any additional information about the incident.

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Drew Penner is an award-winning Canadian journalist whose reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Good Times Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, Scotts Valley Press Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, KCRW and the Vancouver Sun. Please send your Los Gatos and Santa Cruz County news tips to [email protected].

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