An extensive search aided by a mobile app helped Delta police locate a missing teen needing medical assistance in the early morning of New Yearsa国际传媒檚 Day.
According to a DPD press release, the teenager was reported missing at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, and based on location data from an app on the teensa国际传媒檚 phone sa国际传媒 which was accessed by one of the teensa国际传媒檚 friends sa国际传媒 officers immediately began an extensive search in the area of Burns Bog.
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The officers finally located the teen laying about 50 metres off a trail, unconscious, hypothermic and in need of urgent medical assistance. The teen was taken immediately to hospital and reunited with family and friends.
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