Last-minute call on dying phone leads rescuers to woman trapped by rising tide in US

The woman became lost on the beach and called for help before her phone died, deputies said. — Photo by dominik hofbauer on Unsplash

A woman made one last call for help with a dying phone after getting trapped on a California beach because of a rising tide, authorities said.

The woman was stranded on a coastline April 17, near Lomita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department-Lomita Stationsaid.