After car crash in Malaysia, injured Indian crawls for 3 days to safety

Kuala Lumpur: A 33-year-old Indian man, who was seriously injured in a car crash that killed another ethnic Indian, crawled for three days in a Malaysian jungle before he finally found an isolated settlement to seek help.

In the accident that occurred last Sunday near Bidor in central Malaysia, the car driven by Nicholas Andrew lost control and landed in a 20m ravine. Andrew, who suffered a broken right arm and leg, was forced to crawl along the stream to get help. His friend R Thiyagarajan, 34, another ethnic Indian, was killed at the scene.

A car driven by Nicholas Andrew is seen overturned at a jungle in Malaysia. Andrew
crawled through jungle for three days before finding help. (Photo: AP)

Nicholas said he only drank water from the stream and slept under trees during the three days. "At the time of incident, I was on my way home after sending my brother's wedding cards. But upon arrival at the scene, I lost control of my car before it ended in the ravine," he said. He said he attempted to climb up the ravine to seek help but failed due to the pain from his injuries. "I then decided to crawl to get help," he said.

"I screamed for help when I saw the villagers and they rushed over to help me," added Nicholas.