Dozing Driver Strikes Utility Pole in Red Hook, Triggering a High-Voltage Rescue

A 55-year-old Red Hook man was hospitalized with head and neck injuries Sunday afternoon after he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a utility pole with his truck in Upper Red Hook. Police say the 55-year-old driver fell asleep at the wheel and then struck a utility pole with his truck. (Photo courtesy of the Red Hook Police Department) The unnamed individual was driving westward in his 2016 Ford pickup truck on Pitcher Lane when he dozed off and swerved out of the roadway, striking the utility pole and knocking it to the ground, according to Lt. Patrick Hildenbrand... https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/dozing-driver-strikes-utility-pole-in-red-hook-triggering-a-high-voltage-rescue/