Fishermen help rescue man who had been trapped in crashed truck for nearly a week
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Two Indiana fishermen happened upon a crashed motorist who survived nearly a week trapped in his mangled truck by drinking rainwater, police said.
Two Indiana fishermen happened upon a crashed motorist who survived nearly a week by drinking rainwater while trapped in his mangled truck after it overturned into a creek, police said.
"Quite frankly, it's a miracle that he's alive," Indiana State Police spokesperson Sgt. Glen Fifield said during a press briefing Tuesday, after the 27-year-old driver was freed from the truck with severe, potentially life-threatening injuries.
The two fishermen were scouting Salt Creek in Portage for fishing holes Tuesday afternoon when they saw a vehicle partially in the creek underneath the I-94 overpass, Fifield said.
"I looked inside and moved the white airbag and there was a body in there," one of the fishermen, Mario Garcia, told reporters during the briefing. "I went to touch it and he turned around. It almost killed me there because it was kind of shocking, but he was alive and he was very happy to see us. I've never seen a relief like that."
