Search fails to find missing SA man
A search has failed to find a 79-year-old man missing in South
Australia's north.
A search was launched late on Monday night when his car was found by
station staff. It continued on Tuesday and involved the police
helicopter, fixed wing aircraft and State Emergency Service volunteers.
It was suspended at nightfall but will continue on Wednesday, police
say.
The Whyalla man is experienced in the bush and has visited the area
several times.
The search for an elderly man missing in South Australia's outback has been
called off after more than a week, with police unable to find any trace of him.
The 79-year-old Whyalla man was last seen on the remote Angepena Station east of
Leigh Creek in the far north on April 30.
A full-scale search was launched when he was reported missing on Monday.
Police were optimistic, saying the man was an experienced outback traveller, but
it is now presumed the man has died and police will prepare a report for the
coroner.
Police said no further searches would be undertaken unless new information came
to hand.
Local police, STAR group officers, mounted police, station workers on
motorbikes, and SES volunteers searched for the man across hundreds of square
kilometres.