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Missing Family Found After Search In Wilderness North Of Kamloops

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 04 May, 2015 11:45 AM

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A family of four has been found after a backcountry search north of Kamloops, B.C.

Crews were scouring the rural McLure area by both ground and air on Monday morning.

Kamloops Search and Rescue manager Alan Hobler says the family including two children was believed to have gone offroading on Sunday.

He says they were expected home in Kamloops that afternoon but didn't return.

Hobler says the family is now home safely but doesn't have any details.

Corporal Cheryl Bush says officers are contacting the family to find out what happened. (CHNL, CFJC, CKNW)

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