Police Swiftly Rescue 80-in-Law Whose Car Fell into Bushes and Lost Contact in Pyeongchang

An elderly person in their 80s, whose vehicle fell into a bush in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, and who had lost contact, was safely rescued thanks to the police's swift location tracking and search operation.

According to the Pyeongchang Police Station on July 23, a 112 emergency report was filed at 10:00 PM on July 22 by the child of an 80-year-old individual, referred to as A, stating, "I cannot get in touch with my father," from Osan, Gyeonggi Province.

Based on coordinates checked by A's child through a smartphone location-sharing feature, police were dispatched to a road in Ungyo-ri, Banglim-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, but A was nowhere to be seen.

Continuing their search, police managed to get on a difficult phone call with A. A pleaded for help, saying, "My car fell into the bushes, and it is too dark so I do not know where I am."

At the time, intermittent rain in the Pyeongchang area had weakened the ground, and poor visibility due to the darkness raised serious concerns about potential accidents or hypothermia.

In response, the police re-verified A's precise location through emergency carrier location tracking and conducted an intensive search in the bushes about 900 meters away from the initial dispatch point.

After about 10 minutes of searching, the police found the vehicle trapped in the bushes along with A and safely rescued him.

An official from the Pyeongchang Police Station said, "This rescue is a prime example of protecting a precious life through organic cooperation, including the control room's accurate and prompt situation assessment and the local police's immediate on-site response," adding, "We will continue to do our best to protect the lives and safety of the public based on a seamless cooperative system from report reception to on-site response."

(Photo provided by Pyeongchang Police Station, Yonhap News)
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