WEST BAY -- A Panama City resident was in critical condition Friday night after the truck he was driving hit a utility pole, flipped over and ejected him, a Florida Highway Patrol news release states.
Joseph Aric Guetter, 39, was ejected from the 1995 Toyota 4 Runner when the truck went off the road and slammed into a utility pole at about 10:20 p.m., the release states.
Whether alcohol was a factor in the wreck is pending investigation. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
Guetter was driving eastbound on County 388 when the truck he was driving veered into the north side of the road and crossed the north shoulder into a tree line, the release states.
The front of the truck hit a utility pole, flipped over and ejected Guetter, the release states. The truck came to rest in an upright position in the tree line facing west.
Guetter landed on his left side on the shoulder of the road east of the truck, the release states.
He was taken in critical condition to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System.