Crews in Sullivan County were called out Wednesday to search for a missing woman.
Lillian Penko of Nanticoke got lost in the woods in Colley Township, southeast of Laporte.
According to state police, the woman in her 70s left her Nanticoke home around 2 p.m. Wednesday to pick blueberries. Apparently her family got worried after she didn't return home and called police.
Around 10 p.m. police, firefighters and paramedics arrived on the scene to start searching for the woman. Her family had already been looking for her.
The fire chief with North Mountain Fire Company said around 11 p.m., a firefighter heard the woman yelling in the woods.
"He came running up the road and thought he heard someone holler about a half a mile from where we are at right now. We sent guys down there, they hollered back, she hollered back, and that's how they found her and brought her out," said Chief Mike Schumacher.
Penko said she was too tired to talk and just wanted to go home.
"The terrain was nothing but blueberry bushes over our head, and swamp up to our waist. It was bad, real bad. She got turned around somehow. She went in on a nice road and came out in a rough trail," said Penko's son, Rob. "As soon as I found the van, I thought the worst. But thank God, it's for the best right now."
Lillian Penko of Nanticoke got lost in the woods in Colley Township, southeast of Laporte.
According to state police, the woman in her 70s left her Nanticoke home around 2 p.m. Wednesday to pick blueberries. Apparently her family got worried after she didn't return home and called police.
Around 10 p.m. police, firefighters and paramedics arrived on the scene to start searching for the woman. Her family had already been looking for her.
The fire chief with North Mountain Fire Company said around 11 p.m., a firefighter heard the woman yelling in the woods.
"He came running up the road and thought he heard someone holler about a half a mile from where we are at right now. We sent guys down there, they hollered back, she hollered back, and that's how they found her and brought her out," said Chief Mike Schumacher.
Penko said she was too tired to talk and just wanted to go home.
"The terrain was nothing but blueberry bushes over our head, and swamp up to our waist. It was bad, real bad. She got turned around somehow. She went in on a nice road and came out in a rough trail," said Penko's son, Rob. "As soon as I found the van, I thought the worst. But thank God, it's for the best right now."
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