A bushwalker spent a freezing night lost in Wentworth Falls

Updated August 2 2016 - 10:51am, first published July 29 2016 - 3:47pm

A bushwalker spent a freezing night lost in Wentworth Falls without food or camping equipment last Thursday, July 28. The 32-year-old man phoned Triple 0 for help about 6.30pm that evening having set off from the Conservation Hut at midday. Police searched until 12.30am without success and resumed the search at 7am Friday with a helicopter to help ground teams. Searchers found him at 9.30am. He had an ankle injury and was suffering from hypothermia.

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