A Burlington man found nearly two days after he was reported missing by his family has been taken to hospital for dehydration and exposure.

Halton Regional Police say members of its Search Incident Response Team (SIRT) found 23-year-old Christopher Komac just before noon today in a secluded area in a small greenspace near the area of Sturbridge and Forestvale drives, in the Tyandaga community.

That’s about two kilometres west of Roly Bird Park, where Komac’s cellphone was found in some brush by a family member around 7 a.m. on Thursday.

The young man was conscious and spoke with ground search members from Halton police’s Tactical Rescue Unit. Halton paramedics assessed him; he was taken to Joseph Brant Hospital.

“We’re fortunate to have located him and in generally good health,” said Halton police Const. Dan Jaworski.

Police have not said what they believe Komac had been doing since his disappearance or why he hadn’t contacted his family. Investigators said previously that he had no known medical or mental health issues.

Komac was last seen by family members around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when he left his home in the Guelph Line and Prospect Street area to go for a run, something he does often.

Police had been searching for him since Wednesday night and set up their mobile command trailer in the park’s parking lot.

More than 350 members of the public, some family friends or acquaintances but mostly strangers, showed up in a long line at Roly Bird Park this morning to participate in search teams that headed out to various areas in and around the park starting around 10:30 a.m.

A group of about 20 family and friends of Komac headed out as a separate search team this morning.