[UPDATE 10:07 a.m.: Phone Used to Locate Missing Woman] Trapped for Days After Car Accident, Missing Elderly Woman Found With Her Two Dogs

Officer Cy May of the California Highway Patrol confirmed this morning that a 70-year-old woman was found alive yesterday with only minor injuries after being trapped for several days in her 2003 gold Mitsubishi Montero after a car crash near Orick.

May said that he is still gathering information on the crash and expects to release more information later this morning. However, he was able to tell us that Eureka Police “took a missing person report on Susan Minx on the 8th” of September. The woman was traveling from Eureka to Crescent City and never reached her destination.

At this point, May isn’t sure how the woman was found but promises to release more information soon.

UPDATE 10:07 a.m.: Press release from the CHP:

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 10, an elderly driver was located after being missing for several days.

On Friday September 8, 2017, Eureka Police Department took a missing persons report on Susan C. Minx, 70, of Crescent City.  Minx had been missing since Wednesday September 7th when she began driving from Eureka to Crescent City.  Multiple agencies including CHP, US Forest Service, State Parks and National Parks Service began searching the area of US-101 in hopes to locate Minx.  Emergency personnel were able to determine that her cell phone last signaled in the area of Prairie Creek State Park.  On Sunday September 10, 2017, at approximately 1230 pm, National Parks Service Fire Crew searched the area on foot and located Minx, conscious, trapped within her vehicle. Her vehicle was approximately 50 yards off of US-101, down a steep embankment, and not visible from the roadway.  They were able to extricate Minx and her two dogs from the vehicle.  Minx was transported to Mad River Hospital with minor injuries.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.  Humboldt CHP would like to thank all the Agencies who assisted in located and rescuing Mrs. Minx.

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Thinking allowed
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Thinking allowed
6 years ago

Poor lady. Interested to hear the story.

SourTangant
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SourTangant
6 years ago

Happy she was found alive & safe! She must have been so terrified. That’s on the list of my top fears. Glad to have a happy ending.

LabeledaNazi
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LabeledaNazi
6 years ago
Reply to  SourTangant

My list of top fears is getting my ass kicked my a red headed woman black belt in public

Brian
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Brian
6 years ago

That’s how you turn 9/11 into a good day.

Veterens friend
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Veterens friend
6 years ago

Elderly?
70 is the new 50. I am 70, and not the least bit elderly.
Glad she was found. Glad she and her doggies are safe.

Julie Wilson
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Julie Wilson
6 years ago

Agreed on point @1.. Also happy the lady is ok.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

Average lifespan in the US is 78.74 years. Of course 70 is elderly. The word has a defintion. The defintion does not change simply because it makes you feel bad. Average lifespan has not changed significantly since before agriculture, if infant mortality is controlled for. 70 is not the new anything, it is still 70 and that is still quite old.

I hope you live a thousand years, but I also hope you learn to accept reality in the time that you have left. Nothing personal but words have meanings. What’s wrong with being elderly anyway?

Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
6 years ago
Reply to  hmm

Life expectancy for a female non smoker age 70 is 16.5 years
Or an age of 86.5.
I am not “elderly”.
Maybe you are.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

Those numbers support my postion, not yours. You are technically, literally elderly. It is not a judgment or a value claim.

Janet
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Janet
6 years ago

I’m 77 and my partner 83 and we’re not elderly either!

shawn the fisherman
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shawn the fisherman
6 years ago
Reply to  Janet

Easy there old school. Denial not just a river in Egypt.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago
Reply to  Janet

Yeah, and the sun is not hot.

shawn the fisherman
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shawn the fisherman
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

100 years ago 85% of the population was under 30 years old. If you can order from the senior menu at Denny’s then you are elderly.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I never implied it had anything to do with decrepit. Im not sure what the cut off should be but 70 certainly falls within “elderly” given the average lifespan. We could apply statistical criteria. The top 15% of age for example. I dont see a need for a hard cut off.

M. E. Papin
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M. E. Papin
6 years ago
Reply to  Janet

I am 65 and work with people older than I am. According to California State Law individuals age 65 and older are classified as “elders”. This is critically important in determining what constitutes elder abuse or neglect. Agree denial is not a river in Egypt. I am physically active as in swim a mile or do a 10 mile bicycle ride every day, am reasonably competent mentally etc. However I am realistic about limitations in line with aging process. That aside, I am proud to be an Elder. I have paid my dues, earned my stripes, look forward to adventures that lie ahead, and certainly have no desire or need to “do it all over again” or pretend I can keep up with someone in their 20-40’s. Glad the lady was found safe and sound. That could have been me. I drive those roads frequently.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago
Reply to  M. E. Papin

I dont understand why so many here seem to feel that being elderly is a bad thing.

Ben Round
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Ben Round
6 years ago

Kym! Is 70yo “elderly”? Reeeeaaaalllly???
You are challenging my ‘young at heart’ mindset! 😉

PS: Ha ha! I just looked above to see others who have the same reaction…..

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  Ben Round

Age is nothing more than a number.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

Since we all die, it is a very useful number. Pi is nothing more than a number, its pretty useful. Seen any 70 year olds playing professional sports lately?

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  hmm

All numbers are useful. Just because a person is 70 doesn’t mean they should sit at home in their rocking chair drinking Ensure. If that’s what they feel like doing then they should do it for that reason, but if they feel like going out dancing until the sun comes up they shouldn’t not do that simply because they’re 70. After all age is just a number.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

“Just because a person is 70 doesn’t mean they should sit at home in their rocking chair drinking Ensure.”

I agree completely. Elderly people can still be active. As Kim pointed out, “The definition is old, not decrepit.”

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago
Reply to  Ben Round

Average lifespan in the US is 78.74 years. Of course 70 is elderly.

Grateful WHAT?
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Grateful WHAT?
6 years ago
Reply to  Ben Round

Mickey Hart turns an elderly 75 years old today……rofl

Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I rather love having sparked the conversation😉

Almost Elderly & Can't Wait
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Almost Elderly & Can't Wait
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Elderly is good. It means you’ve lived some history, you have stories to tell and you get senior discounts. I love telling my grands stories and even my adult kids still love hearing stories about when they were little.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

I agree

Hum broseph
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6 years ago

70 is the new geriatric

Kat
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Kat
6 years ago

She probably had food and water in her car. Smart, young lady!

Happy ending
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Happy ending
6 years ago

She aged ten years trapped in that rig facing an unknown future / possibly death with her pups . So if she wasn’t “elderly” when her car left the roadway she probably is on day of rescue . Glad they didn’t drag their feet and got right on tracking cell record pings!!

Ellen W
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Ellen W
6 years ago

I agree, 70 is not elderly! I
am also 70, but don’t consider myself elderly at all. Glad this lady and her dogs were found safe.

it's me
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it's me
6 years ago

I know some Seventy year olds that look and act fifty and some fifty year olds that look and act seventy. Probably depends if you wear Depends.

EviesMa
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EviesMa
6 years ago
Reply to  it's me

Lol…Depends! ! Kym….I though you wee 30ish !!

Miguel
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Miguel
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Lovely! Mature foxey lady.

Deonne
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Deonne
6 years ago

My mind says I’m 25; my body tells me I’m 66……. It’s an ongoing debate, but I’m still able to make the hike to and from Agate Beach and I enjoy my visits to Humboldt Co. every year. As my 87 year old Mom says, “Use it or lose it!” Very glad to hear the lady was rescued! Hope she gets right back in the saddle..um…car and drives again.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago

“Google,define elderly”

steve
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steve
6 years ago

When Social Security goes belly up, we will be working at 70.

Guest What
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Guest What
6 years ago
Reply to  steve

We all ready are! If you are not lucky or smart enough to have paid your house off, you’ll be working until you can’t! Not all of us planned ahead. I hope all the pot growers are putting away a nest egg. Maybe just keep the old grow dozer running awhile longer and save the money. Time goes by faster every year and before you know it you are 70.

red tail hawk
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red tail hawk
6 years ago

When I turned 70 last year, I became an elder. This is a status to rejoice in.

Kittyhawk
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Kittyhawk
6 years ago

Why not just say a ’70 year old woman’?

Kittyhawk
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Kittyhawk
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Being an ‘Elder’ carries a connotation of wisdom and a certain ‘status’ (senior discounts aside, though that’s great, too). But being ‘an elderly 70 year old woman’ driver feels judgemental. I heard on the local news an item about a 79 year old man. Not an ‘elderly’ 79 yo man. This wasn’t on your site, but it is noticeably less common to call men elderly. Just sayin’….

Kittyhawk
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Kittyhawk
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Maybe read my first sentence again. After this, I’m done with this, lol. But I just read two articles in the Guardian. One was about a 79 year old man who piloted his plane into a tree. The other was about a 70 year old man who hung out in his pick up in the Keys for the duration of Irma. Neither article referred to either man as ‘elderly’. I’m done😶

Thinking allowed
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Thinking allowed
6 years ago

As long as it comes with a senior discount, I embrace the term.

Barleyhilda
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Barleyhilda
6 years ago

91 year old kick butt gymnast for you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjljqReu1I

Taylormarten
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Taylormarten
6 years ago

19 of us celebrated our friend Bill’s 99th birthday last week in Ukiah. It was a beautiful get-together & the countries of Switzerland, Thailand, Germany, Portugal, & the USA were represented, which made for a colorful tapestry. Imagine the wisdom, culture, travels, history & life experiences in that group.
1 card read, “Do you know what the secret is to a long life?” “Keep breathing”.
(Bill is convinced a Scotch on the Rocks at 5pm is the secret. Gotta love it.)

Humboldt Granny
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Humboldt Granny
6 years ago

Seventy-one, here. Have one sibling who is 78. What’s the difference? Physically, I have more problems than she does. Mentally, well let me put it this way. She has dementia – I don’t. Same parents, Raised the same way in the same cities.

Someone up there doesn’t want us to be bored, so makes us each different from the other. Just think what a boring life it would be if we all were the same at the same age. Seventy is just a number. No, actually 2 numbers – 7 and zero, or zero and 7. I’m content. Are you?

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Your as old as you feel.i don’t feel my age. My brain feels 25,my body on the other hand feels OLDish.lymes takes most of my age. I feel young at heart.I HAVE PURPLE HAIR

Older than most
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Older than most
6 years ago

Well this dear lady was sure not a youngster 🙂

Tammy
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Tammy
6 years ago

Glad she was found and is ok!