Woman rescued after her ATV breaks down in Lafayette Co.

LAFAYETTE CO., Miss. (WMC) - The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office helped to a locate a person who went missing during an ATV ride in the Sardis Lake area.

According to LCSO, deputies responded at 8:56 a.m. on Sept. 14 to a report of a missing woman in Sardis Lake.

The missing woman and another person had been in the area on an ATV when the vehicle became disabled.

According to LCSO, the two decided that one of them would walk out to seek help while the other stayed behind with the ATV.

The LCSO Search and Rescue team, Lafayette County Fire Department Search and Rescue, the Lafayette County Emergency Management Agency, and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks joined the search of the area.

At 1:51 p.m., LCSO deputies located the missing woman, identified as Mariah Estes of Abbeville, alive.

Paramedics with the Lafayette County Fire Department and Baptist Ambulance Service treated Estes while rescuers worked out a plan to extricate her from the lake bottom.

Estes was transported to Baptist North Mississippi in stable condition.

“This is exactly the kind of teamwork we train for, multiple agencies coming together with a single goal,” said Sheriff Joey East. “I’m grateful for the professionalism and dedication of every deputy, firefighter, EMA team member and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officer who took part in this search. Most of all, we’re thankful this situation had a positive outcome and that Ms. Estes is safe.”

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