Dartmouth police help lost hikers find way out of woods

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WLNE) — Dartmouth police said Thursday that they helped a pair of lost hikers find their way out of the woods.

Police said that they got a call from the hikers just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, saying they’d gotten lost off of Collins Corner Road.

The hikers had a cell phone, but it was extremely low on battery. Police could only communicate with the two via text, telling them to stay calm and not to move from their location.

Rescue crews went into the woods and found the pair shortly before 9:30 p.m.

“Thanks to the calm demeanor and quick-thinking of our dispatchers, the hikers were provided with helpful information that made it much easier for first responders to locate them,” said Dartmouth Police Chief Brian Levesque.