After three days missing in the woods, Dan Sims of Albany walked out onto a county road in MarionCounty and flagged down a passing delivery truck, the Marion County sheriff reported Wednesday afternoon.

The sheriff's office gave this account:

Sims went camping Sunday with a friend and got lost when he and his friend were separated. Marion County Search and Rescue, with assistance from Linn, Multnomah and Lane County sheriff's offices, have been searching for Sims in the rugged mountain terrain above the city of Detroit since Monday.

Wednesday at around 12:55 p.m., Suburban Propane delivery truck driver Michael May, 25, of Stayton, had just made his delivery at the top of Guy Moore Road north of Detroit, when he saw a man standing in the road waving his arms.

May stopped and was told by the man that he was lost and had been in the woods for a couple of days and needed help. May took the man in his truck, and after a few minutes of listening to his story, realized this was missing person Search and Rescue crews had been looking for for the past three days. May drove Sims to the Search and Rescue Command Post, where they contacted authorities.

Sims told authorites that he went out hiking, got lost and started wandering looking for help. Sims was hungry and thirsty but otherwise in good physical condition. He was being evaluated completely by medical staff on site.

Sims was located approximately 1.5 miles from his original camp site. The terrain in this area is very steep with heavy underbrush.

During Wednesday's search a Marion County Search and Rescue volunteer sustained minor injuries when his ATV rolled over while attempting to climb a dirt road in an area that still needed to be searched. The volunteer was transported to Santiam Hospital for evaluation.

Sheriff Russ Isham added:

"The Marion County Sheriff's Office would like to thank everyone who assisted in this rescue operation. The citizens of Marion County should feel good about the professional staff and volunteers we have working with our Search and Rescue Team, as well as knowing other highly trained teams from other counties are willing to assist when called on. This was a large operation and could not have been accomplished without the help of everyone involved."