articleThe Brief Mohave County Search and Rescue safely located a father and his 16-year-old son after their rented Jeep Wrangler became high-centered on a remote trail southeast of Lake Havasu City. The pair were stranded for five hours and completely ran out of drinking water before hiking through the red-hot desert on foot to catch enough cell service to call 911. A father and son were safely rescued by Mohave County Search and Rescue on Wednesday afternoon after spending five hours stranded in a remote desert area without water southeast of Lake Havasu City. A Nissan SUV sits stuck in deep desert sand on Gila River Indian Community land after a driver attempted an illegal off-road shortcut to bypass traffic. On July 23, the Gila River Police Department issued a stern warning after a driver got their Nissan SUV stuck trying to cut through open desert during a traffic delay.