PROSPECT, Ore. – A 77-year-old man was rescued after spending two days in his pickup truck stuck in a snowbank along a remote Oregon forest road this week.
The man was driving in the southern Oregon Cascades about 10 miles from the town of Prospect when he attempted to turn around in a large snowbank, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Instead, his truck became stuck, and hours stranded in the snow soon became days.
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He was reported missing early Thursday morning, and rescue crews sent a Snowcat into the woods just before 2 a.m. looking to find him. He was located about six hours later still in his truck “in good spirits with a mild case of hypothermia,” the sheriff’s office said.
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He told rescuers he spent two nights in the truck without a functioning heater.
It was at least the second rescue in the Cascades this week from someone stuck in the snow.
On Sunday, a family of five became stuck in several feet of snow along a forest service road in Oregon’s Marion County while searching for a Christmas tree, according to the county sheriff’s office.
Search and rescue crews free the family and brought them safely down the mountain.