Rescue Teams Find Missing New Jersey Hiker

Police say the 39-year-old woman was reported missing in Buttermilk Falls State Park in Walpack Township

Rescue teams found a hiker Sunday morning who had gotten lost in a New Jersey state park the previous evening. The hiker had alerted officials to her approximate location before her cellphone ran out of power.

Police say the 39-year-old woman called in to say she missing at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Buttermilk Falls State Park in Walpack Township.

A police chopper and search dogs were dispatched to hunt for her and the search continued overnight into Sunday.

There was no word on the woman's condition after she was found.

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