Girl, 9, who was trapped for TWO DAYS under crashed car beside her dead father, survived on Pop-Tarts and Gatorade



The screams of a girl trapped in a car, which had flipped upside down and ran into a steep ditch, went unheard for two days.



Jordan Landon, nine, was stuck by a seatbelt and lay next to the body of her dead father Doug Landon, 39, who was killed in the crash.



Police believe the accident happened at around 10pm on Friday night in rural Craven County, North Carolina after the father and daughter left a gas station just a few miles from their home.



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Tragic: Nine-year-old Jordan Landon and her father Doug Landon, 39, captured on CCTV at a gas station minutes before their horrific accident in North Carolina

Last journey together: Father and daughter leave the garage with snacks on a quick errand which turned into a tragedy Survival story: Jordan Landon was pinned under the car by her seatbelt and got by eating Pop Tarts and drinking Gatorade

Terror crash: Highway patrol rescue nine-year-old Jordan Landon who was trapped under a car next to the body of her dead father in Craven County, North Carolina for two days

The girl survived in freezing temperatures by eating Pop-Tarts and drinking Gatorade.

Jordan's mother and Doug Landon’s girlfriend of 20 years, Claudette Leohmann went looking for the pair when they didn't return home and reported them missing to the police.



It was only on Sunday evening that she was rescued after a man walking along the road spotted the overturned 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the ten-foot ditch and called police.

At first, the emergency services believed both father and daughter were dead until Jordan made a small whimper. It took three fire and rescue teams more than an hour to free her from the car using hydraulic equipment.



Despair: Jordan's mother and Doug Landon's partner of 20 years, Claudette Leohmann is comforted by a friend

Rescue effort: After two days under a crashed car in bitterly cold temperatures, nine-year-old Jordan Landon escaped with only minor injuries

Sergeant David Clifton told ABC News: ' For a nine-year-old to do that it's pretty heroic. She was able to keep herself calm.

'The family member next to her is obviously deceased so that's a lot to deal with, plus being dark at night.'

Authorities believe the car had been travelling at more than 100mph when it ran off the road, down a steep bank and flipped when it hit a cluster of trees. It could not be seen from the road where it landed.

Over the weekend, temperatures dropped below 30 degrees at night.



Crushed: A rescuer watches as the wreckage is removed from the car accident scene in North Carolina where a father, 39, died

The girl escaped the crash with non-life threatening injuries but was airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital where she is being kept for observation. She is expected to make a full recovery.