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Mountain Dew Throwback on display at a liquor store in Sunnyvale, Calif., Thursday, May 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Mountain Dew helped save man's life

Man rescued after 3 days in snow-covered SUV in CO

Updated: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 6:07 AM MST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 5:58 AM MST

SAGUACHE, Colo. (AP) - A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had no food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days.

Jason Pede was rescued Sunday morning after his vehicle ran out of gas and he walked seven miles to a road, signaling for help with a flashlight.

Pede was driving from Dulce, N.M., to the Colorado resort town of Aspen to deliver an Australian Shepherd rescue dog when he got stuck.

Pede, of Chesterton, Ind., says a "local" told him about a shortcut to Aspen and that's how he became stranded somewhere in the Rio Grande National Forest in snow that went above the hood of his Lincoln Navigator.

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Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com

Information from: KMGH-TV, http://www.thedenverchannel.com


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