5/29/19
by News Department on 05/29/19Hiker found safe...
Authorities say a woman and a dog reported missing on a hiking trail in Berks County, have been found safe.
State police at Hamburg report that 52-year-old Beth Ann O'Neill, of Leesport, emerged from the Appalachian Trail near Auburn in Schuylkill County, and her dog are "fine" aside from a few scrapes.
O'Neill was reported missing shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday by relatives who said she arrived at the entrance to the Tom Lowe Loop trail in Upper Bern Township at about 3 p.m. Sunday but later said by cellphone that she had become lost somewhere on the trail.
Police said a large search team was assembled with aid from county agencies, State police canine and aviation assets.
