The man was trapped in the wreckage of a car under Interstate 94 for nearly a week until a passing pedestrian discovered the disassembled car.
Matt Rheume of Indiana appears to have sped down Interstate 94, missed a guardrail, and sent his pickup truck flying through the air, crashing into a stream under a bridge. CNN report.
From then on, Reum was stuck in the driver's seat for six days, unable to move his legs.
The 27-year-old survived by filtering the supposedly dirty water with his shirt after it dripped from a drainpipe.
“There was a drain pipe right above him, so when it rained, the rain water would come down and he would filter it out with his shirt while he drank,” Zachary Switz of the Portage Fire Department told CNN. told the station.
When it got cold, Lum also used a “deployed airbag'' as a blanket.
It was almost a week before two men named Mario Garcia and Nivaldo Delatorre encountered Reum while taking a walk on their way to a local Bass Pro Shop.
One of the men said, “I don't know his address, but there's a car that's been here since Wednesday, and there's a person inside. He's still alive, too.'' 911 report. “They're on their way, buddy. They're on their way,” a man can be heard saying to Reum, who is still trapped.
According to fire department officials, when Reum arrived, he handed over the diary he had been writing in during his days in captivity.
“He was smiling, laughing and joking,” said another firefighter.
a gofundme A paper started by Reum's friend Haley Traxler details some of his injuries that may require amputation.
“His legs are no longer able to move and will likely have to be amputated,” the page said. “He has several fractures all over his body. He is alive. Our main concern during this difficult time is that he needs all the love and support he can get. is.”
Traxler described Reum as a “kind-hearted person” and noted that he works for a field construction and metal fabrication union in Hobart, Indiana.
As of this article's publication, the fundraiser had raised approximately $101,000.
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