Louisiana man in critical condition, Missouri woman seriously injured in truck crash

Nathan Cobb, The News Herald
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One tourist was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday off Public Beach Access 21 in unincorporated Bay County.

YOUNGSTOWN — One man is in critical condition and a woman was seriously injured after a truck ran off the road and struck a utility pole Saturday.

According to a press release from the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred about 4:50 a.m. near U.S. 231 and Jadewood Circle in Youngstown, an unincorporated community in northern Bay County.

The release notes a 38-year-old man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was driving a truck along U.S. 231. He had a 33-year-old female passenger from Goodman, Missouri.

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The truck ran off the road, hit a utility pole and overturned, ejecting both people from the vehicle.

The driver was critically injured and passenger was seriously injured, the FHP said.

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