Missing runner found alive
- Publish date
- Monday, 11 May 2015, 11:58AM
The runner who went missing while running in Rimutaka Park yesterday has been found alive.
A member of the public had told police they spoke to a woman matching the description of a missing runner in the Orongorongo Valley yesterday.
A 29-year-old Wellington woman had been missing since yesterday after she failed to finish a trail run in the hills near Wainuiomata.
A search and rescue operation was launched yesterday when the runner failed to appear out of the hills.
A map of the trail run through Rimutaka Forest Park where Susan O'Brien went missing. Photo / Supplied
Police believe she may have taken a wrong turn and become lost trying to find her way back to the trail.
A member of the public told police they spoke to a woman matching the 29-year-old's description at Haurangi Hutt late yesterday morning.
At 7am this morning, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter began searching the area with heat detection equipment in an attempt to locate her.
Additional Land, Search and Rescue teams from the Horowhenua and Wairarapa were also in the area and began searching at around 8am.
- NZME.
