Editor’s Note: The article has been updated to reflect that Black Mountain is in northern San Diego County.
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman who went missing while hiking in Black Mountain Sunday morning.
According to the San Diego Police Department, 50-year-old Diem Le Nguyen was on the Nighthawk Trail, located in northern San Diego County, around 8 am. The trailhead address is 9711 Oviedo Way.
The woman was walking with a group when she allegedly decided to continue forward to finish the trail after the others decided to stop halfway, police explained. At 9:30 a.m., the group told authorities that Le Nguyen contacted them and said he was at the end of the trail.
The woman has not been seen since. Due to the extreme weather and the difficulty of the trail, police said she is considered “missing and at risk.” That’s because much of the region was under a heat warning on Sunday.
Le Nguyen is described as an Asian woman who is about 6 feet tall and weighs 120 pounds. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a black shirt with a pink heart on the front, black pants, a brown hat and sunglasses. She was also carrying a backpack.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts or who may have seen her on the trail is encouraged to call 911, police said.
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