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Busy Halloween weekend for Cowichan SAR
The team handled lost hikers, an off-road crash, a missing teen and a water search as calls came in on four straight days.
Cowichan Search and Rescue responded to four calls over the Halloween weekend, handling lost hikers, an off-road vehicle crash, a missing teen, and a water rescue.
On Oct 29, SAR teams responded to three lost hikers near the summit of Mount Tzouhalem who had gone off trail and were cold and wet. Members located them and escorted them to the Kaspa Road parking lot.
Teams worked through the night on Oct 30 to assist after an off-road vehicle crash west of Skutz Falls. Late on Halloween, SAR quickly located a missing teen in Duncan through local investigation.
Following a report of a person in the Water, rescue teams searched near Cowichan Lake on Nov 1. Ground teams thoroughly searched the area and surrounding shorelines before suspending efforts late that night.
Cowichan Search and Rescue train for operations in many different environments, with this intensive weekend demonstrating their readiness to respond to varied emergency situations throughout the region.