Drone and ATVs scour Meeker County farm in urgent missing person search, Meeker County MN
Having been coordinated with drone and ATV teams near a Meeker County farm and woods, rescue crews launched a search operation for a missing person.
Audio|Source: Meeker County Sheriff, Police, Fire, and EMS
04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Bins and take the shortest road over to that slump and get through that tree line and then we're going to launch the drone as soon as we get a couple people, make sure you leave one or two up in the farmyard to look around as well so we can spot this drone because we only have a couple minutes.
00:24
And Ricky, I'll make you my point of contact over there, so if you want to let me know when you've got a couple people in place and I'll have the deputies fly that drone.
00:50
This is Howard Lake.
00:51
I see that land.
00:52
Last transmission was completely wind broken.
00:54
If you could block the wind and repeat,
00:56
please.
00:59
Okay, to rescue, we're in the field east of the north and east of the address of UKBun.
01:09
Copy.
01:11
Ricky, you got good eyes to the east and maybe east-southeast if I have them play that drone quick.
01:21
We're just pulling into the property.
01:23
Winstead fire is right in front of us.
01:26
10-4[1] is that they're side-by-side is in front of you?
01:35
Yes, it's side-by-side.
01:40
Copy, yeah, let's get some good eyes to the east there,
01:44
and then we're going to launch this rolling.
01:49
7-4.
01:54
Cocano ATV is in the field ready to go.
01:59
Copy Ricky as soon as you're always got a good vantage point, let me know.
02:07
7-4, we're just getting to the silence.
02:13
Copy 7-O-200 route.
02:17
It parked next to a white pickup truck with a trailer and we will unload our grass rigs.
02:24
10-vork.
02:26
And then just so everyone knows over that 85th Street there, the drone is going to be coming from your guys' kind of southeast.
02:34
So just pay attention and kill any lights that you don't need.
02:38
Maybe you can see that drone plane.
02:50
5140 to 5302, TAC3.
02:59
Hey, Alex, just so you know, we made it to the woods.
03:06
5140 to 5302, copy,
03:09
TAC 3.
03:11
Go ahead. Go ahead.
03:14
Can you send your phone number to 4140s MDT? I have a picture of the drone map showing exactly where they were hovering over.
03:23
I'll send it to you.
03:29
Zach, you made it to the west side tree line.
03:40
I think it's south, tree line, I believe.
03:45
So yeah, we made it.
03:52
The 5430, I'm not in my squad.
03:54
You ready to copy my number?
03:58
Rick, you go to you go to my number?
04:05
Rick, you go to go if I haven't fly that drone?
04:10
53 or two, go ahead with it.
04:14
(number withheld).
04:20
You broke up 986-4157?
04:25
That's great.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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