Man survives 17 hours trapped under SUV after driving off cliff
- 9 years ago
A young North Carolina man who was trapped under his SUV for nearly 17 hours after it tumbled off a cliff is recovering from a leg amputation, his family said.
Joe Woodring, 21, dozed off while driving last month in Boone and veered off the road, his SUV fell at least 60 feet down a ravine, officials said. He was pinned under the SUV for 17 hours until someone heard his screams and called police.
“From the time it stopped, he was awake and conscious,” his aunt Trish Miller said. “He was very smart. He caught rainwater in a little can to drink. He made a pillow out of grass, stuffed his shirt full of grass. And he had his pocket knife and cut the lining of the seat to get the cloth to make a blanket. He’s definitely a survivalist.”
Woodring is currently at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem recovering from the Oct. 28 crash. Woodring’s left leg was amputated above the knee and is now going through physical therapy.
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Joe Woodring, 21, dozed off while driving last month in Boone and veered off the road, his SUV fell at least 60 feet down a ravine, officials said. He was pinned under the SUV for 17 hours until someone heard his screams and called police.
“From the time it stopped, he was awake and conscious,” his aunt Trish Miller said. “He was very smart. He caught rainwater in a little can to drink. He made a pillow out of grass, stuffed his shirt full of grass. And he had his pocket knife and cut the lining of the seat to get the cloth to make a blanket. He’s definitely a survivalist.”
Woodring is currently at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem recovering from the Oct. 28 crash. Woodring’s left leg was amputated above the knee and is now going through physical therapy.
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