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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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Sheriff ’s office rescues men stuck in snow
HERMISTON HERALD
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office rescued
two Heppner men after
their pickup truck got stuck
in the snow on Shaw Grade
Road.
According to a news
release from MCSO, Philip
Mullins called 911 about
8 p.m. Thursday to report
that he and Kim Martz were
stuck six or seven miles
up the southern Morrow
County road. Spotty cell-
phone service meant the
dispatcher was able to get
very little information from
Mullins, but dispatch staff
contacted family members
and discovered the men had
likely been headed to the
lookout at Chicken Springs.
A search and rescue mis-
sion was mobilized and a
command post was set up
in the area of Willow Creek
Road and Shaw Grade
Road. Sgt. Nathen Braun
and Sgt. Todd Siex searched
on snow machines, Lt.
Terry Harper assisted and
Heppner Ambulance was
put on standby.
At 10:21 p.m. Mullins
was again able to connect
with dispatch and commu-
nicated that he and Martz
did not have any food or
water left but had been able
to stay warm in the truck.
They were located by
Braun and Siex at few min-
utes before midnight, but
the waist-deep snow meant
it was not safe to bring them
out on the snow machines.
Heppner resident Thomas
Wolff arrived at 1:18 a.m.
with a tracked snow UTV to
assist, and the rescuers and
rescued men arrived at the
command post about 3 a.m.
They were driven back to
their residences after it was
determined they did not
need medical treatment.
“This was a great team
effort by all involved,”
Undersheriff John Bowles
wrote in a statement. “We
would like to thank Mor-
row County Dispatch, Sgt.
Braun and Sgt. Siex for a
job well done. Also thank
you to Thomas Wolff for
assisting with his tracked
snow UTV. Without his
assistance this mission
would have taken a lot
longer.”
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