Search for missing 33 year old
Thirty
members of three mountain rescue teams spent six hours on Saturday afternoon (22nd
July 2006) searching dense woodland for a 33 year old man who had gone missing
from West Pelton near Chester-le-Street in County Durham.
The man was
reported missing to Durham Police on Friday evening. The police were concerned
for his safety following a phone message sent to one of his friends. They contacted
Teesdale & Weardale Search & Rescue Team on Saturday morning who concentrated
the search on Beamish Woods to the north east of Beamish Museum.
Paul
Renwick the search controller said " Due to the large area of dense woodland
we needed to search we called on the help of two other search and rescue teams
from Northumberland, We also used three specialist mountain
rescue search dogs and were assisted by the police helicopter. Following a
six hour search where no trace of the young man was found the search was called
off".
Steve Owers Press
Officer Teesdale & Weardale Search & Rescue Team
22/07/06
20.55hrs
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