A Missouri man who survived a week at the bottom of a ravine after his car went off the road has died, police said on Oct. 20.
Ryan Linneman, 37, died as a result of injuries sustained in the incident, according to Sgt. Chris Depue, a spokesman for the Lee’s Summit Police Department.
Linneman was found a week after his family reported him missing on Oct. 10.
His 2004 Honda Accord had gone off a road near Kansas City, police told CNN at the time, and came to rest at the bottom of a 50-foot ravine, where he was discovered by a motor biker riding off-trail.
“He originally thought it was just an abandoned vehicle,” Mahoney told WDAF-TV. “When he got up on it, he saw someone inside it. He initially thought he was dead and only realized he was still alive after a couple minutes.”
Linneman was taken to the hospital in critical condition with multiple fractures and severe frostbite, Depue said at the time.
Family and friends didn’t know what had happened to Linneman when he disappeared without a trace.
There was no activity from his cell phone and none of his debit or credit cards had been used. License plate readers in the area didn’t register his vehicle traveling anywhere.
“We think he was injured by the crash, and he couldn’t get out of the car, couldn’t really help himself,” Mahoney said. “Had that dirt biker not come upon him, I don’t see how anyone would have found him.”
Linneman’s family asked news outlets for privacy, reported the Kansas City Star.
Epoch Times reporter Zachary Stieber and The CNN Wire contributed to this report.
