Missing elderly person found in bitter cold woods after police deploy thermal imaging drone

Authorities successful Pennsylvania revealed Monday that officers located a missing aged idiosyncratic successful a wooded country amid bitter acold temperatures, acknowledgment to the usage of a drone equipped with thermal imaging.

The West Chester Police Department (WCPD) said an officer, cross-trained arsenic a drone pilot, stepped successful aft the section was contacted by a neighboring bureau to assistance successful a hunt and rescue effort connected Sunday.

The aviator utilized a drone equipped with thermal imaging and a spotlight to assistance usher officers connected the crushed to the person's location.

Photos released by authorities amusement the thermal imaging outline of the missing idiosyncratic arsenic good arsenic crews moving connected the scene.

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A thermal imaging drone was capable to find a missing idiosyncratic successful the woods. (West Chester Police Department)

"Last evening, West Chester Police was requested by a neighboring bureau to assistance with the hunt of an aged idiosyncratic who was lost," the bureau said successful a station connected societal media. 

"A WCPD serviceman who is transverse trained arsenic a drone aviator responded to the scene. Our serviceman utilized the drone, which is equipped with thermal imaging and a spotlight. With the drone, we located the elderly idiosyncratic successful a wooded area, and our serviceman was capable to nonstop officers connected the crushed to the person’s location."

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Authorities moving connected the country aft a drone helped find an aged idiosyncratic that went missing successful the woods. (West Chester Police Department)

Authorities said aesculapian attraction was "delivered swiftly."

WCPD said technology, specified arsenic drones, played a cardinal relation successful the harmless betterment of the missing aged person.

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FILE – A aviator uses a thermal imaging drone adjacent a wooded country connected May 22, 2023. (Boris Roessler/picture alliance)