DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. -- A brand new tool for a local search and rescue team helped find two missing hikers and a dog near Devil's Head trail on Thursday evening.
The Douglas County Search and Rescue team first spotted the hikers by using a drone.
The UAV project was launched in the spring, and after field training with drone pilots, the new tool proved to be beneficial in the first few times it was put to use.
After hiking around the Devil's Head trail for several hours, two men and their dog found themselves lost after mistakenly leaving the trail.
Douglas County Search and Rescue volunteer teams responded to the area at approximately 4:15 p.m. to search for the hikers and their dog.
Just after 6 p.m. the drone team made visual contact with the lost hikers.
The Douglas County Search and Rescue team is funded primarily on donations. »