Police say around 7:49 p.m. on October 19, 31-year-old Jameson L. Whitehill, of Bellefonte, was traveling westbound on I-80 in the left lane in a 1998 Dodge Ram 1500.
The vehicle left its lane for unknown reasons traveling across the left shoulder of the roadway and entered the median gradually where it traveled down a steep embankment, impacting several small trees and a drainage ditch, according to police.
The vehicle came to a final rest impaled in the ditch facing a westerly direction.
Whitehill suffered moderate injuries.
Medic 43 transported him to Penn Highlands Healthcare DuBois.
A passenger in Whitehill’s vehicle – 27-year-old Harrison I. Schultz, of Glen Arm, MD – was not injured.
Both occupants were using seat belts.
Whitehill was charged with a traffic violation.
The above report was released to exploreJeffersonpa.com on October 28, 2015.