May 30, 2001 · Joe Spring, 19, of Vancouver suffered head injuries, a broken ankle and fractured ribs after his car plunged off a road and down an embankment in British Columbia on May 21.

A Canadian teenager has survived being trapped in the wreck of his car for eight days. Joe Spring, 19, is in intensive care following surgery after his car was spotted in thick bushes by the...

Jun 1, 2001 · Joe Spring, 19, was found by an RCMP search helicopter on the side of a highway in the B.C. Interior, trapped inside his red sports car. He had apparently been there for eight …

It is based on the true story of nineteen year old Joe Spring who spent eight days trapped inside his red sports car. [1][2] Nineteen-year-old Joe Spring's driver's license is reinstated after it …

Nov 22, 2017 · When rescuers spotted 19-year-old Joe Spring in his wrecked car they expected to find a body. But he had miraculously survived eight days without food or water at the bottom …

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Dec 12, 2025 · Joe Spring is the former associate digital science editor for Smithsonian magazine. He writes the Field and Lab newsletter on science, sports and adventure. He has …

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JOE Spring survived eight days trapped in his crashed car with only a bottle of water. The 19-year-old Vancouver youth is to undergo surgery today after being freed from the wreckage in …

May 31, 2001 · Joe Spring, 19, of Vancouver suffered head injuries, a broken ankle and fractured ribs after his car plunged off a road and down an embankment in British Columbia on May 21.