Police fail to find accident scene

[Billy 68]

Unfortunately, we've seen this before.

Body Found Day After Ind. Wreck Reported

Associated Press/AP Online

GARRETT, Ind. - Confused police abandoned their search for a car wreck, leaving a 66-year-old man, who died outside his vehicle in freezing temperatures, and his autistic grandson, who huddled inside for nearly a day.

A passer-by talking to a dispatcher tried to direct city officers and DeKalb County sheriff's deputies to the wrecked car Monday afternoon. But they mistook the vehicle as belonging to someone gathering firewood, police said.

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Edited February 23, 2008 by jack10562
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[helicopper 1,050]

What's unclear from the article is whether or not they responded at all. It sounds as though they may not have searched at all because they thought it was someone gathering firewood.

Regardless, a tragic mistake for sure!