Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Dept. rescues man lost in basin

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Bernalillo County sheriff’s personnel located and rescued a man who ended up in the Rio Puerco river basin after getting disoriented while driving.
The Sheriff’s Department says the 78-year-old man called 911 late Tuesday to say he’d gotten lost and had ended up in a ravine where he couldn’t see any landmarks.
Deputies drove around looking for the man but couldn’t find him until personnel tracked the man’s phone through a cellphone com