A lady who was lacking for 5 days has been discovered alive in Victorian bushland.
Lillian Ip was noticed in dense bushland close to Bright by the police helicopter after 5 days within the wilderness.
Police mentioned the 48-year-old was driving to Dartmouth Dam and made a fallacious flip down a useless finish, getting her automobile caught within the mud whereas attempting to show round.
She turned stranded 60km away from the closest city.
With no cellular service, a bottle of wine and a few small snacks, she had no alternative however to stick with her automobile for 5 days, in hopes that somebody would discover her.
“Due to health issues she was unable to try and walk for help so stayed with her car,” Wodonga Police Station Sergeant Martin Torpey mentioned.
“She was only planning a short-day trip so had only taken a couple of snacks and lollies with her but no water.
“After being misplaced within the bush for 5 days, she was extraordinarily relieved and grateful to see us and we had been simply as completely satisfied to see her.”
Ip was reported missing on April 30 when she didn’t make her daily phone call to her family.
Police searched the Mitta Mitta, Wodonga, Bright and Albury areas before a police helicopter spotted her car while performing a sweep over the Mitta Mitta bushlands today.
The helicopter then directed a local police van to her location.
She has been taken to hospital for observation and is being treated for dehydration.
Source: www.9news.com.au
