One of two drones launched by police spotted the hiker in rugged terrain in Crowders Mountain State Park in Gaston County around 6 p.m. Monday, police said. The drones have thermal technology to find a person’s location. The hiker “was sitting on a large boulder on the very steep and rugged mountainside,” police said in a news release.

The Gaston County Police Drone Unit helped find a lost hiker alone in the dark in rugged terrain on Crowders Mountain.

A hiker was rescued Monday evening after Gaston County Police said it deployed drones to help find the person at Crowders Mountain State Park. The department said the hiker called 9-1-1 just before 6 p.

A police drone helped locate a missing hiker at Crowders Mountain State Park on Monday. The rescue mission began around 5:50 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, when Gaston County police got a 911 call from a lost hiker in the park.