Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a crash Saturday night and found an unconscious Prineville man whose pickup truck had veered off the road and rolled.

After crashing around 11:15 p.m., the driver, who wasn’t identified, was thrown from his Dodge pickup off of NE Mill Creek Road near NE Lawson Road in Prineville, said Sgt. Javier Sanchez, a sheriff’s office spokesperson, in a news release.

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A passing driver noticed the man and saw that he was unconscious. Crook County Fire & Rescue drove the man to the intersection of U.S. Highway 26 and Mill Creek Road where Oregon State Police troopers closed the road so a Life Flight helicopter could land, Sanchez said. 

The driver was taken via helicopter to St. Charles Bend for further medical treatment. He was in critical condition, Sanchez said.