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Air support, KCSO find lost hiker near Hart Park

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UPDATE (April 5, 2018 10:45 p.m.): The hiker lost near Hart Park has been located, according to Bakersfield Police. 

Police got the call around 9:15 p.m., the hiker told dispatchers they only had seven percent battery left on their phone and had walked seven miles from their car from where they had parked, according to police. 

The hiker told dispatchers they were somewhere behind the range and gave them the latitude and longitude, police said. 

Air support was searching and found the lost hiker uninjured near Hart Park with the help of deputies from the Kern County Sheriff's Office and Bakersfield Police Department officers.