Sweetwater County Sheriff's Deputies have a reminder: think before you go out when severe winter weather is happening. twice this weekend, deputies or Search and Rescue crews were called out to locate a group which had taken a four-wheel drive vehicle where they shouldn't have.
Sheriff Rich Haskell says both incidents are related, because the second, and potentially more serious, incident Sunday happened only because the vehicle owners from the first incident on Saturday didn't follow advice to leave their Suburban to be recovered when the weather got better. Instead, part of the group that was stuck on Saturday, requiring deputies to spend several hours searching after dark, piled into another Suburban on Sunday and tried to get the first stuck Suburban out.
This time, the county search and rescue team had to be called out. The team nearly crashed on the way to the search site due to the snow-slicked roads. The group was rescued by the team using their tracked "Snow Cat" over-snow machines. While all the people involved in both incidents are okay, Sheriff Haskell says it serves as a reminder that this time of year requires caution, planning, and responsible decision before heading out, and being properly equipped with winter clothing, an emergency kit with food and water, and a GPS if you chose to venture out.
Sheriff Rich Haskell says both incidents are related, because the second, and potentially more serious, incident Sunday happened only because the vehicle owners from the first incident on Saturday didn't follow advice to leave their Suburban to be recovered when the weather got better. Instead, part of the group that was stuck on Saturday, requiring deputies to spend several hours searching after dark, piled into another Suburban on Sunday and tried to get the first stuck Suburban out.
This time, the county search and rescue team had to be called out. The team nearly crashed on the way to the search site due to the snow-slicked roads. The group was rescued by the team using their tracked "Snow Cat" over-snow machines. While all the people involved in both incidents are okay, Sheriff Haskell says it serves as a reminder that this time of year requires caution, planning, and responsible decision before heading out, and being properly equipped with winter clothing, an emergency kit with food and water, and a GPS if you chose to venture out.
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