Search and rescue underway for missing female hiker, Amherst County VA
Missing PersonSearch and rescue teams including local fire, EMS, and forestry units are working in a remote wooded area near Rocky Mountain to find a missing female hiker. MedFlight has been launched for possible medical evacuation. Teams are coordinating access routes and trail navigation in the difficult terrain.
Audio|Source: Amherst County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I copy.
00:03
PAYO-2-800, we're probably a mile, mile and a half from where he told us to go in that.
00:08
He said he was going to be limited to already reception.
00:17
Utility 37 to 802, we're headed that way as well.
00:22
Will we be able to get there with our vehicle?
00:28
807 to May and option option.
00:30
Go ahead, Jamie.
00:35
Okay, I was communicating with Forestry on CCCOM.
00:38
They're going to start working that road dead for us by leaving that campsite that we need to access.
00:44
The ATVs will need to unload it's a log gap.
00:47
Drive in, Rocky Mountain Tower Road.
00:51
Take the first right 1176A and follow that and through to meet us.
00:59
Okay, and you have Forestry with you.
01:03
Yep, they're coming in behind me, I was tricking one more, I don't believe it's going to get us any closer,
01:08
but they're heading to that trail crossing there where I met the partner that she was hiking with, and they're going to stop working on that road until they hear all the watch.
01:19
Okay, state police just wanted to fly, so they locked, even though we just need them to stand by, so as soon as you can tell me to cancel, I will.
01:32
Okay, Jim's 4.
01:33
If they need to land, they can land there at Trout Cove until we know something different.
01:38
We've still got about a three-mile hike if we have to go from where she is.
01:46
Okay.
01:49
Hey, this who's direct, break,
01:51
37, you're going to be fine, getting up here.
01:54
Hey there's son.
01:57
You're all.
02:00
MedFlight did launch, they got 47 minute EPA.
02:03
Judith Pettermine as we make plans.
02:07
I copy.
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802 command, we're out with the Medican engine.
02:20
Okay, then you guys are preparing to take off.
02:27
Yeah,
02:31
so the water skips still in it, so I'll unload here.
02:35
So I got manpower to get that thing out of you.
02:39
Yeah, perfect.
02:45
Harris, if you can copy me, I'm going to give you some new coordinates.
02:48
Let's see if it's getting any closer.
02:51
Jen, go ahead.
02:59
37.79.560, negative 79.
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negative 79.1564.
03:15
807, it looks like at this point you are directly south of her.
03:26
By the map, I don't see an easy way to get there, but you are south of her.
03:42
I'll try to send you a picture of the map.
03:50
Nathan, were you able to copy dispatch traffic?
03:55
It's been for, I'm not able to get a picture.
03:57
What's you sending me?
03:58
I'm going to try this one more thing and see where it gets me.
04:04
All right, are you able to hop on the trail anywhere there in that area if we had to even walk in on the trail?
04:13
I'm not, we'd have to go through the woods, but it's wide open hardwoods in here.
04:19
It would be easy walking.
04:20
I just got to figure out a point to get to that trail.
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Location mentioned:
Rocky Mountain, Virginia 24483
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