New York man, 58, is rescued from car 10 hours after plow covered it in 4ft of snow

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New York man, 58, is rescued from car 10 hours after plow covered it in 4ft of snow

A 58-year-old upstate New York man was trapped in his car for 10 hours with no heat after a plow covered his vehicle with four feet of snow during Storm Gail.

Kevin Kresen, a resident of Candor, New York, was treated for hypothermia and frostbite after authorities rescued him from his vehicle in Owego on Thursday.

The area around Owego, which includes Binghamton, saw record snowfall on Thursday, with totals exceeding 40 inches in some parts of the region. 

Kevin Kresen, 58, was trapped in his car for 10 hours after it was buried under four feet of snow by a plow in the town of Owego on Thursday

Kresen, 58, of Candor, New York, was treated for hypothermia and frostbite at a hospital in Binghamton, New York, on Thursday. He is seen left alongside New York State Police Sgt. Jason Cawley, who found Kresen in his vehicle

New York State Police Sgt. Jason Cawley responded to the scene after being told someone had called 911 multiple times because they had been run off the road and needed help.   

Cawley, who is stationed in nearby Sidney, New York, drove to Owego and started searching for a stranded driver who told 911 dispatchers the approximate location of where he ran into trouble, according to the State Police.

Cawley saw what looked like a row of mailboxes and waded through the snow to check the addresses. 

As he started digging through the snow, he came upon the windshield of a car.

He found a freezing Kresen inside the vehicle.

Cawley found the car after digging through the snow near a row of mailboxes. The area around Binghamton saw snowfall that in some places reached more than 40 inches

Cawley drove to Owego after authorities were unable to locate a driver who called 911 several times after being run off the road

Cawley is stationed in nearby Sidney, New York. He is seen in the above file photo

Kresen told the state trooper that a snow plow had covered his vehicle and he’d been stuck for 10 hours.

To make matters worse, the car’s serpentine belt was broken, which meant that he had no heat.

Cawley managed to pry Kresen out of the car and arranged for him to be transported to Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton for treatment. 

Source: Daily Mail |World News

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