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A man was trapped inside his crashed pickup truck for six days, drinking rainwater to survive, before fisherman finally spotted and rescued him, Indiana police have said.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old man had been pinned tightly inside his car beneath a highway bridge in northwest Indiana, and could not reach his phone.<\/p>\n

Two men scouting for fishing spots on Tuesday afternoon noticed the smashed up vehicle with its opened white airbag, and decided to investigate inside, police told reporters.<\/p>\n

“They touched the body, and the person turned their head and started talking to them. So, that got a little rise out of them,” Sergeant Glen Fifield of the Indiana State Police said during a news conference.<\/p>\n

The driver had been travelling on Interstate 94 ahead of a bridge over Salt Creek.<\/p>\n

Police believe he missed the guardrail and rolled several times before landing on the other side of the creek, hidden out of sight from the road above.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Reum, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was freed from the wreckage on Tuesday evening by first responders working under bright floodlights, then airlifted to a hospital in South Bend with life-threatening injuries, Mr Fifield said.<\/p>\n

“He made it through the night. He is alive,” he told The Associated Press. He said Mr Reum remained in critical condition on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

South Bend Memorial Hospital released a statement on Mr Reum’s behalf thanking people for their support and well wishes, “including the Good Samaritans who found him, the first responders and his caregivers”.<\/p>\n

“No matter how tough things get, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, sometimes in the least expected way,” Mr Reum said in the statement.<\/p>\n

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Mario Garcia, one of the fishermen who found the wreck, said Mr Reum was awake and “very happy to see us”, after being exposed to the elements since 20 December.<\/p>\n

“It almost killed me there, because it was so shocking” to find him alive, Mr Garcia said during a news conference in the nearby city of Portage, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported.<\/p>\n

Mr Garcia said the trapped Mr Reum told them he had screamed and called for help, but heard only the “quiet sound of water”.<\/p>\n

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Mr Fifield said Mr Reum had not been reported as missing and that the trapped driver was forced to drink rainwater to survive.<\/p>\n

“Had it not been for the two individuals that were walking the creek this afternoon, this incident more than likely would have had a different outcome,” said Mr Fifield.<\/p>\n

Mr Reum’s “will to survive this crash was nothing short of extraordinary”, he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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