Thankfully it was a happy ending after a child went missing in Uintah County on Friday evening. According to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched on May 27th to a missing seven year-old boy in the area of Dyer Park, approximately 25 miles north of Vernal. Uintah County Search and Rescue, along with other agencies responded immediately. “Searchers learned that the boy was out riding his motorcycle when he disappeared,” shares the Sheriff’s Office. “The motorcycle was located by family members prior to searchers arriving on scene, but the child was not with the bike. Searchers looked throughout the night and into the morning hours with the assistance of helicopters from the Department of Public Safety and Classic Lifeguard. At approximately 10:30am the boy was found by search and rescue, approximately 2.5 miles from where his motorcycle had been found. He was checked out by medical crews on scene and then reunited with his family.” Uintah County Sheriff Steve Labrum expressed his deep thanks to all that assisted on the rescue.
