Indiana State Police release body cam video of Matt Reum rescue
Reum was trapped in a wrecked pickup truck for six days after crashing off I-94 in Portage.
Reum was trapped in a wrecked pickup truck for six days after crashing off I-94 in Portage.
Over this past weekend, Reum also shared photos taken with his father and aunt on Facebook.
As Reum takes a new turn in his recovery, we are also seeing a new view of his reunion with his rescuers. CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports.
Matt Reum will continue healing at home, and will also undergo outpatient physical rehabilitation at Memorial Hospital, Beacon Health System reported.
Beacon Health System announced Reum, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was released from the Memorial Hospital in South Bend on Tuesday.
Matt Reum was trapped for six days in a wrecked pickup truck in Portage, Indiana.
Reum met the fishermen who found him under Interstate 94 on Tuesday, Dec. 26 - and the firefighters and paramedics from the Portage Fire Department who rescued him.
Portage, Indiana police released the bodycam video from their officers exclusively to CBS 2. It shows first responders rescuing 27-year-old Matt Reum, who had been in a wrecked pickup truck for nearly a week. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
In the video, officers are shocked to learn Reum has been trapped in the pickup truck under the I-94 bridge for as long as he has.
This is a short clip from Portage, Indiana Officer Sanchez's body cam video as first responders rescue Matt Reum, who had been trapped in a wrecked pickup truck for six days.
For the first time, we are hearing from Matt Reum himself after he survived in a wrecked truck under I-94 in Northwest Indiana for six days. CBS 2’s Marybel Gonzalez reports.
"My surgery has gone well enough, and I'm healing strong enough from that to where I can start working on getting back into society," said Reum, who is recovering from having a leg amputated.
Reum broke his silence Monday – six days after he was rescued from a wrecked pickup truck along a creek in Northwest Indiana where he had been trapped for as many days.
Reum, 27, drove his pickup truck off I-94 near Portage on Wednesday, Dec. 20, and ended up down a ravine and under a bridge along the rushing Salt Creek.
CBS 2's Joe Donlon spoke Thursday with the dispatcher who took the call from one of two fishermen who found Matt Reum in a wrecked truck – and jumpstarted the rescue effort.
Dispatcher Jeremy Nemeth took the call from a fisherman who found Matt Reum in a wrecked pickup truck under I-94 in Portage, Indiana. Reum had been trapped for six days. CBS 2's Joe Donlon reports.
Loose rocks and a steep incline marked the banks of Salt Creek near Portage, Indiana, where Matt Reum was trapped in his pickup truck after a crash. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
Matt Reum was trapped in a wrecked truck under I-94 for six days. CBS 2's Lauren Victory talked with the first responders who rescued him.
On Thursday, first responders filled us in on the chaos and conditions they encountered while trying to free Matt Reum from his vehicle near Portage, Indiana.
Matt Reum survived nearly a week in the wild on nothing but rainwater, as he was trapped for six days in a wrecked truck in Northwest Indiana. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
Matt Reum survived nearly a week in the wild on nothing but rainwater.
The driver was fighting for his life Tuesday night after being rescued from his wrecked truck in Salt Creek below I-94 in Northwest Indiana. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The truck had fallen off the bridge near Portage, Indiana, and the truck driver said he had been trapped for six days. Indiana State Police Sgt. Glenn Fifiield, and fishermen Mario Garcia and Nivardo Delatorre, break down what happened.
Indiana State police said they are looking into the possibility that the crash might have happened before Tuesday, and that the driver could have been in the vehicle for days.
Indiana State Police said a truck went off an elevated portion of the road.
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