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Alberta man recovering after being trapped in vehicle for 14 hours

Dec 30, 2016 | 3:33 PM

EDMONTON, AB — An Alberta man is in hospital and recovering after surviving more than 14 hours in his overturned vehicle on Christmas.

 

Michael Walker left his home in Eureka River to visit his aunt’s house in Debolt, which is approximately 60 kilometres east of Grande Prairie, when his car veered off the road and flipped upside down in an embankment.

 

Walker spent more than 14 hours trapped in the car, as temperatures fell to minus 20 Degrees Celsius. In order to stay warm, he put on some of the new clothes he received as Christmas presents.

 

His mom, Bernice, posted on Facebook that he didn’t make it to his final destination. A friend of Walker’s read the post and found him along the route.