Nicholas Andrew turned up in village with broken arm and leg after his car careered into a ravine, killing a passenger

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A Malaysian man seriously injured in a car accident crawled through jungle for three days before arriving at an isolated village.

The man, identified as Nicholas Andrew, showed up at the village on Wednesday, after the car he was driving hurtled off a highway in central Malaysia into a ravine on Sunday morning, according to police chief Som Sak Din Keliaw.

Nicholas Andrew in hospital in Tapah, Perak state, Malaysia. Photograph: AP

He said Andrew broke his arm and leg in the accident – in which a passenger in the vehicle died – then crawled alongside a river until he reached the village.

Andrew told local media from his hospital bed the accident happened after he had been delivering wedding invitations. He said after regaining consciousness he called for his friend, got no response and decided to “crawl for help”.