UPDATE Search for stranded motorist FOUND

Thanks for your help Canberra! The motorist has been found safe and well.

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ACT Policing and partner agencies are currently searching for a motorist believed to be stranded in the Blue Range Hut, Uriarra area.

The motorist is in a dark-coloured vehicle, which has been bogged in this area for several days. The man has been in contact with emergency services but he cannot identify his precise location.

If you have spotted this vehicle in the Blue Range Hut, Piccadilly Circus or Dingo Dell Flats area, please call police on 131 444.

Anyone in the search area is asked to keep a lookout for the bogged vehicle, and to be aware of Search and Rescue personnel who are working in the region on foot.

This is the second incident involving a stranded motorist in the area over the past two days. Police are reminding anyone planning to venture into snow covered areas, to make sure their vehicle is appropriate and prepared for icy conditions.

Media enquiries

Police Media — (02) 6264 9460, act-police-media@afp.gov.au