Man found unharmed after five-hour search

A 47-year Hutchinson man was found unharmed in South Park Friday night after an almost five-hour search for him by dozens of emergency personnel from several agencies.

According to Hutchinson Police Sgt. Tom Gifferson, the man ran away from a home for disabled people in the 1100 block of Jefferson Street shortly after 5 p.m. He was last seen by staff running in the area of the Cenex gas station on Adams Street.

He was found just before 10 p.m. after an extensive search in eastern Hutchinson.

In addition to Hutchinson Police, the search was assisted by firefighters from Hutchinson, Glencoe and Silver Lake, the new McLeod County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse and posses from McLeod and Meeker counties, as well as a search animal group.

(Terry Davis is a Hutchinson Leader staff writer. E-mail him at davis@hutchinsonleader.com.)