Rock Springs residents Travis and Cherie Borren, 34 and 44 respectively and 50 year old Mickey Hoy of Wamsutter were rescued by volunteer searchers and deputies early Sunday morning after one of them chose to leave their stranded truck in a snowstorm and wearing only a hooded sweatshirt, in an effort to get help. Detective Dick Blust of the Sweetwater County Sheriff's office says that a weak cell phone call was received by his office at around 3:10 AM from Hoy.
Hoy, who was in an advanced state of hypothermia when found at around 7:30 AM, had difficulty moving his legs and had to be helped into one of the oversnow vehicles. He was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs, where he was examined and released.
One official at the scene estimated that Hoy, given his serious level of hypothermia, had had about two hours before the cold would have overwhelmed him.
Hoy, who was in an advanced state of hypothermia when found at around 7:30 AM, had difficulty moving his legs and had to be helped into one of the oversnow vehicles. He was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs, where he was examined and released.
One official at the scene estimated that Hoy, given his serious level of hypothermia, had had about two hours before the cold would have overwhelmed him.
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