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Man crawls from Jennings County wreckage 3 days after fatal crash

Woman killed instantly

An Indiana man was behind the wheel of an SUV when it crashed into a tree in Southern Indiana.
An Indiana man was behind the wheel of an SUV when it crashed into a tree in Southern Indiana.
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Man crawls from Jennings County wreckage 3 days after fatal crash
Woman killed instantly
A man crawled to the side of the road for help after being trapped in an SUV for three days, authorities said.Indiana State Police said Kevin Bell was driving last weekend when his SUV in which his girlfriend was a passenger , crashed head-on into a tree in southern Indiana.Police said the woman died instantly."I cannot imagine what that man must have gone through, and then for him to sit there and watch car after car pass," good Samaritan Terry Jared said.Jared was driving home from work about 5 p.m. Tuesday."Traffic was moving pretty smoothly, at a good clip," Jared said.When he got to a stretch of U.S. 50 in Jennings County, Indiana, he noticed something strange."I saw him, and I kind of swerved out of the way because I didn't want him to think I was going to hit him, " Jared said.Bell was sitting on the guardrail, a few feet from the cars flying by."When I first passed him, I thought maybe he was a hitchhiker, I didn't really know.  But the more I thought about it, I just said to myself, 'He is so close to the road that something's got to be wrong,'" Jared said.Indiana State Police said Bell had been trapped in the SUV for three days after it veered off the road, went down a hill and slammed into a tree."And to think that he used all of his strength to crawl from there and still sat there for two hours before someone stopped and helped him," Jared said.Jared offered Bell a ride, not knowing about the crash."I think his exact words to me were, 'Sir, a ride to Seymour sounds great, but do you think you could just call me an ambulance,?'" Jared said.He called 911 and waited for first responders.Bell never said anything about the accident."When I read the rest of his story this morning, it was a little overwhelming thinking he had been in a tragic accident where the person with him had died, and he had been trapped in that vehicle with them for three days," Jared said.Jared said that if he ever sees Bell again, he'll tell him what he said when they met on the side of the road."One of the first words I said to him, and one of the last I said to him, I told him, I said, 'Kevin, for all of humanity, I apologize to you,'" Jared said.State police are continuing to investigate what caused the pair to crash.They said Bell is recovering at a hospital in Indianapolis. He is expected to be OK.

A man crawled to the side of the road for help after being trapped in an SUV for three days, authorities said.

Indiana State Police said Kevin Bell was driving last weekend when his SUV in which his girlfriend was a passenger , crashed head-on into a tree in southern Indiana.

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Police said the woman died instantly.

"I cannot imagine what that man must have gone through, and then for him to sit there and watch car after car pass," good Samaritan Terry Jared said.

Jared was driving home from work about 5 p.m. Tuesday.

"Traffic was moving pretty smoothly, at a good clip," Jared said.

When he got to a stretch of U.S. 50 in Jennings County, Indiana, he noticed something strange.

"I saw him, and I kind of swerved out of the way because I didn't want him to think I was going to hit him, " Jared said.

Bell was sitting on the guardrail, a few feet from the cars flying by.

"When I first passed him, I thought maybe he was a hitchhiker, I didn't really know.  But the more I thought about it, I just said to myself, 'He is so close to the road that something's got to be wrong,'" Jared said.

Indiana State Police said Bell had been trapped in the SUV for three days after it veered off the road, went down a hill and slammed into a tree.

"And to think that he used all of his strength to crawl from there and still sat there for two hours before someone stopped and helped him," Jared said.

Jared offered Bell a ride, not knowing about the crash.

"I think his exact words to me were, 'Sir, a ride to Seymour sounds great, but do you think you could just call me an ambulance,?'" Jared said.

He called 911 and waited for first responders.

Bell never said anything about the accident.

"When I read the rest of his story this morning, it was a little overwhelming thinking he had been in a tragic accident where the person with him had died, and he had been trapped in that vehicle with them for three days," Jared said.

Jared said that if he ever sees Bell again, he'll tell him what he said when they met on the side of the road.

"One of the first words I said to him, and one of the last I said to him, I told him, I said, 'Kevin, for all of humanity, I apologize to you,'" Jared said.

State police are continuing to investigate what caused the pair to crash.

They said Bell is recovering at a hospital in Indianapolis. He is expected to be OK.