A Fremont County man injured during a crash Wednesday night in Mills County, started a fire to alert rescuers to the accident. The Iowa State Patrol says a 1993 Honda Accord driven by 38-year old Timothy McCollum, of Thurman, was traveling south on 310th Street at around 7:40-p.m., when the car left the road, entered the east ditch and went into a creek bed before coming to rest under a bridge, out of sight from passing motorists.

McCollum freed himself from the wreckage and crawled up an embankment, but due to his injuries, was unable to make it to the road. He started a fire which was seen by a motorist, who found McCollum on the embankment and notified authorities. McCollum, who was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, was  flown by LifeNet to Creighton University Hospital. A report on his condition is not currently available.

The accident remains under investigation.