UTAH COUNTY, Utah, Aug. 16, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A family of six and its two dogs are trapped in Utah County after a flash flood washed out the trail.
“Dad, mom, four kids aged 5 through 13, and two dogs are stuck on the Fifth Water trail to the Diamond Fork hot pots,” Utah County Sheriff spokesman Sgt. Spencer Cannon said in a social media post.
The incident happened “because of a flash flood that washed the trail out,” he added. “@UCSO_SAR is en route to help get them back up to the trailhead along Sheep Creek Road.”
Cannon said in a 4:55 p.m. post that the rescue operation was likely to take another hour or two.
I don’t know how long this SAR operation will take, but it will likely be an hour or two. The command post will be at the Fifth Water trail head along the Sheep Creek Road, not along Diamond Fork. https://t.co/4VNGnJjK50 https://t.co/gLR1XW7mmG
— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) August 16, 2023
