UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A big rig rollover on Tuesday that blocked the highway for several hours resulted when the driver fell asleep, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday, according to a report from CHP Officer Kory Reynolds.

Holden King, 20, of Ukiah was driving a 1998 Ford truck tractor towing a Budweiser delivery trailer northbound on Highway 29 north of Mockingbird Lane at approximately 55 miles per hour when he feel asleep at the wheel, according to Reynolds.

When King fell asleep it allowed the truck to drift off the roadway and clip the Robinson Creek Bridge abutment. Reynolds said the vehicle continued northbound up the embankment and struck a power line support pole.

The truck and trailer came to rest blocking the northbound lane and phone lines were across both lanes, Reynolds said. Highway 29 was closed in both directions for approximately 90 minutes.

He said King was trapped in the truck and had to be extricated.

King was taken by REACH to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with a possible left leg fracture, ruptured spleen and lacerations to his left leg, Reynolds said.

The collision is still under investigation by Officer Erich Paarsch.

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