✅ Calls to 911 came in about a drone that appeared to crash in a field
✅ First responders from around Somerset County searched air and foot
✅ Trucks and search crews filled the parking lot of a nearby Lowe’s store
HILLSBOROUGH — Reports of a drone crashing near power lines Thursday night turned out to be nothing, according to police.
Police said they were notified around 8:35 p.m. about a drone that supposedly hit high-tension power lines near a Lowes store on Route 206 and then crashed into a field.
Search lasts for hours
Several agencies including the State Police Aviation Unit and firefighters began an initial search for several hours.
The search was picked up around 7:30 a.m. on foot and with a drone from the Millstone Valley Fire Department and continued for several more hours. No drone was found and the search ended at 12:10 p.m…