An elderly male missing from northeast Iowa’s Black Hawk County, was found early this (Friday) morning, near the scene of an accident in Fremont County. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call a little after 1-a.m. today (Friday), about an (unidentified) 87-year-old male who was reported missing out of Evansdale, Iowa. Deputies were advised the man’s phone was tracked to a rural area northeast of Sidney, or about 300 miles from his home.

Deputies along with an aerial drone, the Fremont County K9 Unit, and LifeNet Medical Helicopter were called to attempt to locate the subject in the area. They found his abandoned vehicle, near the intersection of Foote Street and Maple Street in Sidney, a little before 4-a.m. The vehicle had left the road and hit a fence before becoming disabled. Deputies searched the area and found the man about one block from the crash scene.

He was transported to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg by Sidney Rescue, for treatment of  minor injuries.