B.C. man trapped in truck for several days recovers in Victoria hospital
CAMPBELL RIVER, Canada — A 23-year-old Vancouver Island man is recovering in a Victoria hospital after his truck went off a cliff and he was pinned in the vehicle with a broken femur for several days.
Duncan Moffat’s uncle, Bill Macnab, said his nephew survived on a bottle of Gatorade and a bag of apples that he had picked from his dad’s yard, which thankfully rolled within reach.
“The car was driver-side tilted down. He couldn’t undo his seatbelt because the weight of his body was on it and he had a broken shoulder, ribs, he had a partially collapsed lung as well, and he had the broken leg,” Macnab said from his home in Campbell River.
“He said he found the Gatorade on the third day and just saw God when he saw that. He was just so happy to have this drink.”