A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt road that was impassable in their rental car, authorities said Friday.
Helena Byler, 78, was found lying on the road October 2 by a rancher who happened to be checking on his cattle in the area of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kane County Chief Deputy Alan Alldredge said.
She was confused and severely dehydrated.
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Could have been much worse. They could have been stranded in urban California
ReplyDeleteThey wouldn't have made it for 6 hours in Baltimore.
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