A 3-year-old child and his mother were rescued Friday from a steep canyon in Nevada County following a search effort that included an Amber Alert. The child was airlifted out of the canyon with no injuries other than scratches and possible dehydration, according to a sheriff’s office incident commander. The child’s mother, who had fled into the isolated, bushy area after a fight with the child’s father, was being helped out of the canyon by ropes and was also doing well physically. The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for the missing child who was reported by authorities. said it was taken around 11:33 a.m. by 30-year-old Siera Salitrero. For an Amber Alert to be activated in California, it must be believed that the victim is in imminent danger. Captain. Sean Scales, the incident commander at the sheriff’s office, said the Amber Alert was triggered by the possible dangers to Salitrero and that the child due to the hot and isolated conditions, Salitrero was recreating in a remote area without cell phone service with her ex-boyfriend. who was visiting from Florida, he said. They were in a vehicle on North Bloomfield Road near Grizzly Hill Road and the father was threatening to take their child back to Florida. Salitrero became angry and attacked the man with her hands, then fled with the child on foot toward the ravine leading to the South Yuba River, Scales said. The man returned to a friend’s house to report what had happened. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said 13 deputies and 35 search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search for the woman and her child. Volunteer searchers heard noises and cries for help around 6:30 p.m. and alerted search partners of their GPS coordinates, Scales said. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services later confirmed the location in an area difficult to reach with its FIRIS aircraft. CHP also found the two men with their helicopter. The child was removed from the area around 7:11 p.m. and reunited with his father around 8:47 p.m. Rescue crews were still working to get Salitrero to safety at that time. This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates. See more coverage of California’s top stories here | Download our app.
A 3-year-old child and his mother were rescued Friday from a steep canyon in Nevada County following a search effort that included an Amber Alert.
The child was airlifted out of the canyon with no injuries other than scratches and possible dehydration, according to a sheriff’s office incident commander. The child’s mother, who had fled to the remote, bushy area after a fight with the child’s father, was being helped out of the canyon by ropes and was also doing well physically.
The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for the missing child who authorities say was abducted around 11:33 a.m. by 30-year-old Siera Salitrero. For an Amber Alert to be activated in California, it must be believed that the victim is in imminent danger.
Captain. Sean Scales, incident commander with the sheriff’s office, said the Amber Alert was triggered by possible dangers to Salitrero and the child from the hot and remote conditions.
Salitrero was recreating in a remote area without cell phone service with her ex-boyfriend who was visiting from Florida, he said.
They were in a vehicle on North Bloomfield Road near Grizzly Hill Road and the father was threatening to take their child back to Florida. Salitrero became angry and attacked the man with her hands, then fled with the child on foot toward the ravine leading to the South Yuba River, Scales said.
The man returned to a friend’s house to report what had happened.
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said 13 deputies and 35 search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search for the woman and her child.
Volunteer searchers heard noises and cries for help around 6:30 p.m. and alerted search partners of their GPS coordinates, Scales said.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services later confirmed the location in an area difficult to reach with its FIRIS aircraft. CHP also found the two men with their helicopter.
The child was removed from the area around 7:11 p.m. and reunited with his father around 8:47 p.m. Rescue crews were still working to get Salitrero to safety at that time.
This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.
See more coverage of California’s top stories here | Download our app.