(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – A man from Dallas County escaped injury last week, after his pickup left the road and struck a light pole. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports 57-year-old William B. Clauson, of Dexter, was driving a 2017 Chevy pickup truck eastbound on 330th Street at around 8:25-a.m., Thursday (Nov. 26th), when he became blinded by the rising sun.

The pickup went off the right side of the road, entered the east ditch and struck a Guthrie County REC electric pole, before coming to rest. Damage to the pickup was estimated to be around $14,000. The vehicle was declared a total loss. A fence owned by Doud Martin, of Dexter, sustained $1,000 damage, and damage to the light pole was estimated at $2,000.

No citations were issued.