Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby

PORTAGE, Ind. — A man trapped in his crashed pickup for days was rescued Tuesday after two fishermen spotted the wreckage, Indiana State Police said.

Two men were scouting fishing locations when they found the man in his badly damaged vehicle, Sgt. Glen Fifield told local news media.

“They touched the body, and the person turned his head and started talking to him. So that got a little bit of a bump from them,” Fifield said.

The driver told the men that he had been stuck since December 20. The pickup was wrecked along Interstate 94 near Portage, under an underpass where it was not visible from the highway above.

The man, in his 20s, was airlifted to a South Bend hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, Fifield said.

The driver's name has not been released. He had not been reported missing, Fifield said.

Portage is located about 30 miles southeast of Chicago.