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Man injured in Pickup crash in Templeton



On Sunday night, October 13 just after 10:30 pm 40-year-old Curis Lee Twissleman of Shandon was driving a Dodge Ram 4 by 4 Pickup southbound on Bitterwater Road from State Route 46 East in Templeton at 40 MPH. Twissleman allowed the pickup to drift off the roadway and onto the right shoulder and it continued off the shoulder and down a steep embankment. The pickup rolled over 1 /2 times down the embankment, coming to a stop on its roof in a dry creek bed. The collision scene was discovered moments later by a passing motorist, and notification was made to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP responded along with Cal Fire personnel and San Luis Ambulance. Twissleman was extricated from the pickup by use of the "Jaws of Life" and was carried out of the creek bed to a waiting ambulance and transported to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo where he was admitted with major injuries. This collision is being investigated by the CHP. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in this collision.

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