Search for missing hikers near old route 55 in wv, Wardensville WV
Authorities in Hardy County are coordinating a search for missing hikers near old Route 55 by the cell phone tower at the mountain top near the state line. Officers are dispatched to look for a maroon Jeep Cherokee with Virginia license tags associated with the hikers.
Audio|Source: Hardy County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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In RP41 County, I just received traffic from Hampshire County about lost, missing hikers in the George Washington.
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I think the last time we had this issue, they had gotten out on their hike,
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their off old 55, out where that cell tower is.
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Do you have an officer in the Wardensville area?
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I'm not sure we'll be able to find out real quick.
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We all.
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I'll just think if we had one close, run out there and just check see if we're looking for a maroon Jeep Cherokee, Virginia tags.
00:44
But I'll advise you later if we can locate that vehicle, not sure if it's in Hampshire or Harding.
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639 County.
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I can head out that direction.
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Where do we think it is?
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Old 55, top of the mountain there, the state line, there's a road to the left, cuts it back in, ends up dead ending at a fire or a cell phone tower on top of the mountain there.
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If you could just roll back to that fire tower, see if you can locate a maroon Jeep Cherokee with Virginia tags.
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And for all have that direction.
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For me, thanks.
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63910, before we have you responding to that area there.
01:37
Was there a Hardy County deputy that had trafficker to?
01:41
639 County, that's affirmative 12, state that he was in route.
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10, before we have H-12 in route.
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