FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Rescue teams were able to locate missing 70-year-old Rondy Packard safe on Independence Day.

A volunteer Air Squadron member spotted Packard’s car in an extremely remote area approximately 20 miles northeast of Pine Flat Lake, just above Fence Meadow around 1 p.m.

Search teams responded there and found Packard about 500 feet from his pickup truck shortly before 3:30 p.m.

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He was alive, alert and in good health.

Due to the rugged terrain, the California Highway Patrol’s H-40 helicopter hoisted Packard from the scene and safely transported him to awaiting medical personnel.