Ponteland

Incident Type: Search

On Tuesday evening, ourselves and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Team were called out by Northumbria Police to assist in the search for a missing person who had not returned from an afternoon walk.

Around 40 volunteers deployed, working alongside police to search the area. Search dogs, water search groups and foot teams were supported by our drone using its thermal imaging camera.

Very sadly, as previously reported by Northumbria Police, one of our search groups located the missing person, who had died.

Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with his family and friends at this terribly difficult time.

The incident involved 44 Team members for 7 hours and 57 minutes.