Kevin Kresen, 58, was rescued by a NYPD on Friday after being stuck for more than 10 hours inside his unheated car following a winter storm that hit parts of New York and Pennsylvania with heavy snow. .
The man ran off the road and was hit by a truck
, authorities said.
He made multiple calls to 911 until Sergeant Jason Cawley dug through the snow to find the vehicle in the town of Owego, outside Binghamton.
Kevin Kresen's car was covered in nearly 4 feet of snow (more than a meter) in Owego, New York
Kresen from Candor, New York, west of Binhamton was taken to hospital for hypothermia and frostbite when he was rescued.
The snowstorm that affected the northeast of the country on Thursday caused
the streets to wake up covered with more than three feet (one meter) of snow
, causing hundreds of traffic accidents and it is believed that at least seven people died.
[Up to 2 feet of snow expected: powerful winter storm hits the northeast of the country]
The governors of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey declared a state of emergency and asked their inhabitants to stay at home and avoid traffic on the roads.
The governor of New York declares a state of emergency in the face of the winter storm
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The Henry Hudson Bridge road in New York had to be closed Thursday after a
crash between 19 vehicles in the middle of the storm
, according to local police.
In Clinton County, Pennsylvania, there was a crash on Interstate 80 that involved dozens of vehicles and left
two dead
.
While in Snyder County, a driver was killed in a crash, after losing control due to snow, according to police.
This Friday the streets were clearer.
The snow was more on the sides of the tracks and it was no longer snowing.
With information from the Associated Press