Two adults and a child who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river found safe

Two women and a 9-year-old who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river earlier this week were found safe Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Two women and a 9-year-old who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river earlier this week were found safe Friday afternoon, authorities said.

A Michigan State Police K-9 team and state conservation officers found them at 4:36 p.m., nearly a mile away from a boat launch on the Muskegon River, state police said in a statement.

“This is the outcome everyone hoped for,” the agency said.

The relationship of the women, both 28, to the child was not immediately clear.

The statement did not provide additional information about their conditions or the circumstances of their disappearance.