The Iowa State Patol says a Fremont, Nebraska, man was seriously injured Thursday afternoon, when the pickup truck he was driving rolled over and came to rest on top of him. 68-year old Edgar Leu was leaving the eastbound lanes of Interstate 680 onto southbound Interstate 29 about 2:15 p.m., when his 2002 Dodge Dakota picKup went off a ramp.

Leu over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle, which slid across the ramp and into a ditch, where it rolled several times. Even though he was wearing a seatbelt, Leu was partially out of the driver’s side window when the truck came to rest on his head.

The Patrol says passing motorists who saw the wreck stopped and lifted the truck off of Leu, and held it off of his body until rescue crews arrived on the scene. Officials say the samaritan’s efforts may have saved his life.

He was taken by helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. A report on his condition is currently not available.