A search and rescue team extricated a missing woman from a storm drain near the San Diego-Poway border Monday after a hunt for her led police detectives to the out-of-the-way spot, fire officials said. The 59-year-old was taken to a hospital in serious condition, said San Diego homicide Lt. Jonathan Dungan, who also oversees missing persons cases. The woman was last seen around midnight on March 25 on Union Street just north of Broadway in downtown San Diego, according to a missing person post police issued last week. Her family reported her missing last Thursday, more than a week after she’d vanished. Dungan said the search for her took detectives to an area on Beeler Canyon Road, south of Scripps Poway Parkway. Police did not say why they headed to the area, which includes a hiking and biking trail and is more than 20 miles northeast of downtown. “While in the area, they heard a woman’s voice coming from the area of a maintenance hole cover,” Dungan said. Poway Deputy Fire Chief Chuy Ramirez said Poway Fire Department got a call from San Diego police shortly before noon seeking their assistance. Ramirez said the detectives had found belongings near the storm drain entrance and heard what sounded like a woman moaning from inside the storm drain. Ramirez said detectives ventured about 100 feet into the drain but could not find the woman. San Diego Fire-Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue team was called to search the storm drain. Fire-Rescue spokesperson Jose Ysea said crews had to enter a manhole from atop the drain to reach and recover the woman from the tightly confined area. Ramirez said that once rescuers located the woman, it took about 20 minutes to extricate her. It’s not clear how long she was in the storm drain. Officials said no foul play is suspected. Dungan said no additional details will be released at this time out of respect for the woman and her family. ...read more read less