(Missing truck driver found)…The 48 year old was reported missing earlier this week.
Officials say the missing persons report was filed after the driver failed to arrive at a delivery in San Diego. The GPS on the rig said the truck was at a viewpoint off Interstate 8, east of Alpine. Sheriff’s Deputies found the truck, with the engine still running. They found the drivers cell phone and wallet, but not the driver. A search was initiated. It ended at 5:30 Tuesday morning after a helicopter spotted the driver at the bottom of a ravine. It is not known how the man tumbled down the approximately 300-foot ravine. Fire fighters climbed down the ravine to treatment man for cuts and bruises. He also suffered from dehydration and was disoriented. He was air lifted out of the ravine and taken to a local hospital for treatment.