This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Authorities have located the 70-year-old missing Leamington, Ont. man who was found alive on Tuesday. It was revealed that the missing person, named John Friesen, spent the night buried in snow inside his pickup truck during what was one of the worst cold weather spells in the area in years.
Friesen’s family reported him missing sometime after he left his home around 4:30 p.m. on Monday in the midst of a dangerous cold snap and blowing snow. The two Ontario Provincial Police officers, who had support from local snow plow driver, were able to locate the missing person on Tuesday afternoon after they located a vehicle buried in a large snow drift on East Beach Road in Leamington. A spokesperson for Leamington OPP, Const. Stephanie Moniz, mentioned that “all they could see peering out from the snow drift was a tail light.” Upon digging further, the officers realized it was Friesen’s 2008 white GMC Sierra pickup truck.
Const. Moniz explained that they had to break one of the truck’s windows in order to get to Friesen, who was found responsive at the time though he was obviously shattered by the frigid temperature. Consequently, the officers quickly shifted Friesen to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, Moniz claims that she didn’t have any update on his condition as of late Tuesday night. She mentioned that “we’re praying that he turns out just fine.” The officers have not been able to deduce how or why Friesen ended up stuck in his truck overnight.
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