The man was rescued after spending a week locked inside his truck with whom he had an accident, falling from a bridge over a stream in Portage, USA.

The driver seen by the two fishermen crashed on December 20 and was trapped, unable to reach his phone, but was able to survive by drinking rainwater, he said. ABC News.

“Honestly, it’s a miracle he’s alive,” Indiana State Police spokesman Sergeant Glen Fifield said after the 27-year-old driver was freed from the truck. with serious injuries this potentially threatened his life.

Two fishermen were exploring Salt Creek in Portage looking for fishing spots. when they saw the car in the creek under the I-94 overpass.

“I looked inside, pulled the white airbag and there was a body,” one of the fishermen told reporters, adding that he went “to touch it and turned around.” It almost killed me because it was a little shocking, but he was alive and was very happy to see us. “I’ve never seen such relief.”

The second fisherman called the emergency number and both waited next to the wounded man who expressed his gratitude to them.

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After emergency services arrive and long and difficult rescue Due to the scene, the driver was removed from the truck and airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend for treatment.

In a statement, Memorial Hospital said that The victim remains in critical condition and shared this message on his behalf: “No matter how hard it is, there is light at the end of the tunnel, sometimes in the most unexpected ways.”

The victim was driving a 2016 Dodge Ram pickup truck westbound on I-94 when, for reasons currently unknown, he… drove off the road, jumped over a fence and overturned into a streamaccording to police.

An Indiana State Police spokesman added that I had no knowledge that a missing person report had not been filed against the driver.