LAFAYETTE — A 67-year-old New Ulm man was injured when the pickup he was driving crashed into a power pole Tuesday morning near Lafayette.
Road conditions were icy when Thomas Gene Blickem lost control of the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado he was driving south on Highway 15 at 8:40 a.m. in Cornish Township, Sibley County, the State Patrol said.
The pickup left the roadway and entered a ditch, then hit a power pole.
Blickem was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at New Ulm Medical Center.