Driver dies after truck hits power pole
This is a press release courtesy of Oregon State Police
A Lostine, Ore., man died Wednesday afternoon when his pickup left Highway 82 in Wallowa and struck a power pole. Preliminary investigation suspects a pre-crash medical problem as a possible contributing factor.
According to Oregon State Police Lieutenant Dave MacManiman, on June 18, 2008, at approximately 1:47 p.m. a 1995 GMC pickup driven by Jerry Wayne Huff, 67, from Lostine, was eastbound on Highway 82 near 3rd Street in Wallowa when it drove onto the south shoulder and struck a Pacific Power Company power pole, sheering the pole off.
Huff was pronounced deceased at the scene.
OSP troopers from the Enterprise work site are continuing the investigation. Wallowa County Sheriff's Office, local emergency responders, and ODOT assisted.
