POCATELLO — A man was hospitalized Friday morning after suffering a medical emergency that caused his pickup truck to leave the roadway on the city’s north side.
The man was driving a Dodge pickup truck on Highway 30 around 6:40 a.m. when he experienced the medical emergency, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, police said.
The pickup left Highway 30 and traveled up and over a berm on the Pacific Recycling property before coming to rest about 25 yards off the road after striking a fence, police said.
The man, the pickup’s only occupant, was transported via Pocatello Fire Department ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center for treatment. He’s expected to survive, police said.
His name has not been released.
The pickup truck was totaled in the crash, police said.