Woman survives three days trapped in car

Mother-of-two survives for three days in crashed car by drinking soda and rainwater - and then smashes her way out of wreckage despite broken bones. A mother-of-two is recovering after being trapped in her wrecked van for almost three days and surviving on cans of soda and rainwater. Veronica McFoy lost control of her vehicle on a rural road in West Virginia.

The 41-year-old’s car went careering over a 30-foot embankment and landed in an overgrown area not visible from the road, according to authorities in Monongalia County.

 

Veronica McFoy lost control of her vehicle on a rural road in West Virginia

She broke vertebrae, ribs and her chest bone and remained trapped in the car for three days. ‘I’d catch a few drops at a time,’ McFoy said. ‘I got so thirsty that that became like a big focus for me.’ The Monongalia County woman told how she was worried she would not make it out alive.

‘I wondered how I was going to get out. I was really, really hurt. My back hurt so bad I couldn’t figure out what to do,’ McFoy said.

The 41-year-old's car went careering over a 30-foot embankment and landed in an overgrown area not visible from the road

Invisible: The 41-year-old's car went careering over a 30-foot embankment and landed in an overgrown area not visible from the road. ‘To not know whether you’re going to make it or not, it’s hard. I didn’t know how much strength I’d have.’ But after three days, McFoy mustered up the strength to use a pipe wrench she found in the van to smash a window.

She crawled out of the mangled vehicle and on to the main rain road to flag down help, screaming and shouting in pain. ‘Finally, after about 10 times, [the window] finally broke, and I felt such a big relief come over me,’ McFoy said

‘I never thought of myself as being a very strong person - but apparently I’m a lot stronger than I thought I was.’ Wilford McFoy, her husband of 22 years, said his wife’s survival is nothing short of a miracle. When he first saw her he thought she was dead.

'She’s laying there on a stretcher, her neck in a brace, IV’s and all that stuff in there,' Wilford said. McFoy is in a fair condition and could be leaving Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Wilford McFoy, her husband of 22 years, said his wife's survival is nothing short of a miracle.