A Northern California woman was rescued after surviving three nights in her car when she became stranded in a historic snowstorm while driving up a winding mountain road in an attempt to evacuate snowbound relatives, authorities say.
Mendocino County Search & Rescue perform a rescue of the Sheriff's Office Snocat which broke down during a search and rescue mission in deep snow, Mar. 6, in Laytonville, Calif.A Northern California woman was rescued after surviving three nights in her car when she became stranded in a
Search-and-rescue crews and sheriff's deputies came to the woman's rescue on Monday afternoon in a convoy of bulldozer and snowcat tractors after several earlier attempts to locate her were unsuccessful due to the heavy snow, ice and white-out conditions, said Capt. Greg Van Patten, a spokesperson for Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
Van Patten said that once the snow let up, the woman was able to walk to an area where she found cell phone reception and called for help on Monday.He said the woman's daughter and boyfriend managed to walk to an empty home to hunker down. But the woman stayed in her car alone waiting for the rescuers, he said.
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