BROOKVILLE — With the help of the Kansas Highway Patrol airplane, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office was able to locate a Salina man stranded with a SUV stuck in a marshy field in far northwest Saline County Thursday afternoon.
Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski said 59-year-old Robert Albers Jr. and 28-year-old Brent Martin had been driving around in the country late Wednesday night, when they got the SUV they were in stuck in a field, about 500 to 600 yards off of Eff Creek Road and Cloud Street intersection.
Martin decided to start walking and was picked up by his girlfriend in Brookville. Just after 1 p.m., he contacted the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, who began looking for Albers and the missing SUV.
After several patrol units had searched the area by ground, the Kansas Highway Patrol was contacted to conduct an air search, and within a few minutes after arriving in the area, Albers and the SUV were located.
Kochanowski said the two men could face trespassing charges.