<div id="subtitle">Indiana man survives on Mountain Dew after spending 3 days in snow-covered SUV in Colo.</div><div><p>A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>___</p><p>Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com</p><p>Information from: KMGH-TV, http://www.thedenverchannel.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68731924&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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