California hiker found after days without food, water
Sixteen first responder agencies and groups contributed to the search for the missing hiker in the Euchre Bar area. After two days, a dive team searching the riverbanks of the American River located the hungry but safe hiker.
Lost California hiker found after days without food, water
Placer County Sheriff's Office video shows the search and rescue of a hiker who was missing for several days. He was eventually found near the American riverbank by a dive team on his third day without food and water.
TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – A massive search involving more than a dozen agencies in Northern California successfully located a missing hiker who spent a few days without food or water.
According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the hiker sent a text to 911 on Aug. 18 saying he was "lost in steep terrain without food or water."
Dispatchers were unable to reestablish contact with the hiker to learn more about his location. Soon after, deputies found the man’s car at the Euchre Bar trailhead.
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Over the next two days, California Highway Patrol helicopters, PCSO drones, Mountain Rescue Teams and K9s worked to locate the hiker. On Aug. 20, when dive teams arrived to begin searching the American River area, the hiker was located at 11 a.m. along the shore of the river. The hiker was then picked up by helicopter.
A photo from a Placer County Sheriff's Office video showing the missing hiker along the American River.
(Placer County Sheriff's Office / FOX Weather)
"The hiker was tired, hungry, and thirsty. – but otherwise OK," PCSO said.
Video shared by the sheriff’s office showed the hiker being safely delivered back to a less remote area.
According to the sheriff’s office, more than a dozen partner agencies contributed resources to the hiker's safe return.