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Search underway for 2 hikers west of Pahrump

(Nye County Sheriff)

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By Alexis Ford / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 6, 2020 - 9:52 pm

The Nye County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team is attempting to rescue two hikers west of Pahrump, the office said in a statement Sunday night.

The hikers were trapped on Shadow Mountain when the path they were hiking collapsed behind them, the statement said.

https://twitter.com/NyeSheriff/status/1335778447071850496

No other information was immediately available.

Contact Alexis Ford at aford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexisdford on Twitter.

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