Snow Melt, Taco Sauce Sustain Crash Victim 6 Days
A man trapped for nearly a week in his car after it plunged into a ravine survived in the freezing cold by melting snow for water and eating packets of Taco Bell sauce, rescuers said Monday.
Robert Ward, 32, suffered a broken hip in the Dec. 2 crash and couldn’t get out of the car. He was found Sunday by Terry Likens, captain of the fire department where Ward is a volunteer. “I don’t think he would have made it through the night,” Likens said. “When we found him, he said he was getting ready to go to sleep for the last time. He had just about given up.”
Ward was in serious condition after surgery. Both of his feet were frostbitten.
“It’s a bachelor vehicle. It catches a little bit of everything,” Likens said in explaining the supply of taco sauce.
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