LENA, Miss.–Three kids were lost in the woods Saturday night near Lena. Leake County deputies responded to help guide them out.
The 911 call came in from a 13-year-old at 8:05 p.m., who told the dispatcher that he and his two sisters, ages 9 and 11, were lost in the woods and couldn’t find their way out. Dispatchers pinged the location of their phone and determined they were between Sweetwater Circle and Morgan Rd.
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When deputies arrived they asked dispatchers to determine how much battery was left on their phone. It was 40 percent. So, the dispatchers stayed on the phone with the 13-year-old while deputies searched.
Dispatchers told the kids to holler, upon instructions from the search party.
Using flashlights and hollering, deputies found the kids by 8:25 p.m.
