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"3 dead after going missing overnight in Reynolds County"
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/20575582/3-dead-after-going-missing-overnight-in-reynolds-county
REYNOLDS COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - An Illinois man and his two young sons have died after going missing overnight on a hiking trail in Reynolds County, Missouri.
According to Reynolds County Sheriff Tom Volner, the man and his boys were hiking on the Ozark Trail near Black, Missouri.
Volner says the hikers left camp Saturday around 11 a.m. When they left, it was around 60 degrees. And they were wearing light clothing.
However, Volner says the weather changed that afternoon with cooler weather, heavy rains and flash flooding occurring.
Around 2 p.m., a passerby in the Sutton's Bluff area last saw the man and his boys.
Then around 6-7 p.m., the camping lodge contacted the sheriff's office concerned about man and boys' safety. The sheriff arrived at the lodge and talked to the man's wife. She said it wasn't uncommon for her husband to hunker down during a storm to let it pass.
A search ensued from that time until midnight. Volner says areas of the trail were impassable due to water. The search resumed at 7 a.m. Sunday, and the father and his sons were found on the trail several hours later.
The sheriff says the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His sons were taken to an Ellington hospital and administered CPR before being pronounced deceased.
Volner says the temperatures got into the 20s overnight.
"3 dead after going missing overnight in Reynolds County"
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/20575582/3-dead-after-going-missing-overnight-in-reynolds-county
REYNOLDS COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - An Illinois man and his two young sons have died after going missing overnight on a hiking trail in Reynolds County, Missouri.
According to Reynolds County Sheriff Tom Volner, the man and his boys were hiking on the Ozark Trail near Black, Missouri.
Volner says the hikers left camp Saturday around 11 a.m. When they left, it was around 60 degrees. And they were wearing light clothing.
However, Volner says the weather changed that afternoon with cooler weather, heavy rains and flash flooding occurring.
Around 2 p.m., a passerby in the Sutton's Bluff area last saw the man and his boys.
Then around 6-7 p.m., the camping lodge contacted the sheriff's office concerned about man and boys' safety. The sheriff arrived at the lodge and talked to the man's wife. She said it wasn't uncommon for her husband to hunker down during a storm to let it pass.
A search ensued from that time until midnight. Volner says areas of the trail were impassable due to water. The search resumed at 7 a.m. Sunday, and the father and his sons were found on the trail several hours later.
The sheriff says the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His sons were taken to an Ellington hospital and administered CPR before being pronounced deceased.
Volner says the temperatures got into the 20s overnight.