Aug 1, 2008 12:10 am US/Eastern
Search Underway For Missing Family In Derry Twp.
DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) ―
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Rescue crews began their search after two adults and two children were reported missing at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
KDKA
A State Police helicopter from Altoona is helping in the search for a missing family in Derry Township.
Rescue crews began their search after two adults and two children were reported missing at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
The manager of the Ridge Maple Hunt Club near the search area tells KDKA the family went out for a walk in an area called "The Ridge."
"It's really rough, rocky, thick," Derry Boro Police Sgt. James Friscarella said. "The Ridge was recently - I believe was recently timbered so there's a lot of overgrowth, laurel, jagger bushes so ... difficult to search."
Fire departments from all over have brought ATVs to help with the search.
"But we have a lot of crews up there right now. This is a multi-jurisdictional search party. We have crews from every corner from Westmoreland County up there looking for her right now," he added.
The State Police helicopter has thermal imaging equipment.
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