Investigators said they think excessive speed or driver impairment may have contributed to a Saturday night single-vehicle crash near Battle Ground that sent an unconscious and unresponsive man and two children to the hospital.
Deputies responded around 11:40 p.m. to a pickup crash in a field at Northeast 244th Street and 112th Avenue. Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Pritchard said it appeared the truck rolled at least once before leaving the roadway.
The driver — Todd Hoffman, 45, of Battle Ground — was found in the wreckage unconscious. Two passengers, ages 7 and 10, were hurt, but were able to climb from the vehicle. All three were hospitalized.
Hoffman was listed as in fair condition at a Legacy hospital Tuesday, but the children’s statuses were not available. Pritchard said that it didn’t appear at the scene that they were badly hurt.
