Posted on 12/18/2020 7:36:39 PM PST by BerryDingle
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who drove off the road in this week’s snowstorm spent 10 hours trapped in his car after a passing plow and rapidly accumulating snow buried it, finally managing to get a 911 call through and being rescued in the nick of time by a New York state trooper.
Kevin Kresen, 58, of Candor, drove off the road in the town of Owego and became “plowed in by a truck,” state police said.
“If he was in there for another hour his body temperature would have gone lower, and I’m convinced he wouldn’t have made it,” State Police Sgt. Jason Cawley, who rescued the man, said in an interview.
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Always best to drive with food, water, more clothes and a thick sleeping bag in the vehicle.
Shovels, tow straps and sand too.
Don’t drive off the road unless the snowplow is directly chasing you.
Thankful that he is now safe.
Or move to Texas!
I think there is more to this.
If you plan to drive the Alcan (Alaska Highway) in the winter, the following items should be in your vehicle: A spare Arctic parka. A pair of insulated boots handy. A satellite cell phone. An arctic and a mountain sleeping bag. A signaling mirror for search aircraft. A signaling flare gun with 3 flares. Road flares. A 5 ton floor jack with an additional wooden lifting block. A tow strap or tow chain. A minimum of 20 gals of fuel in gerry cans. A tool box with all essential tools including sockets. A spare fan belt or serpentine belt. A minimum of 2 spare tires mounted on rims and inflated. 2 Tire chains. 3 gallons of anti-freeze. 5 gallons of fresh drinking water. 3 extra quarts of oil. 2 camping lanterns and a flashlight. These are all items that could save your life if your vehicle won’t start at 60 below zero in the dark 150 miles from the next establishment.
Also, a battery booster and a heavy set of jumper cables.
Maybe open the sunroof and immediately escape?
I agree, but this story is apparently about [just] NYS [NEW YORK (AP)].
He slipped down and sideways into a ditch. Apparently, the snow was too deep to get the windows down. I don’t know why he didn’t kick a window out.
ping
Lol.
In the winter the roads around Lake Ontario, especially the stretch of Rt 104 between Oswego and Rochester are among the most dangerous in the US. The lake effect snows can come without warning and easily bury a car
Yes, I lived near the lake. In 1966 I took a straw broom handle and kept rodding the snow with the handle until I hit the roof of my dad’s car underneath me. Once I located the car I started shoveling around it. No hurry, the snowplow didn’t get by for several more days yet. We had fun digging tunnels for several days also.
Had a roomie who grew up in rochester
He and i compared winter storms, anyone on the south/east side of a great lake gets worse weather in general
Wind/storm comes down from canada and the lake often just adds fuel to it
That’s why shovel #1 is a small, collapsible ski type of Avalanche shovel.
It’s what one needs 98% of the time in the lower 48.
I lived about a quarter mile from 104.
Those THINGS are NOT “smart”.
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