Ben Pearson, 54, suffers medical issue, crashes truck into house, injuring three in Taylorsville, Utah

Three men were taken to the hospital after a truck hauling a trailer filled with construction equipment smashed through the picture window of a home at 5784 Ferron Circle in Taylorsville. It happened just before 2 p.m. when family members say Ben Pearson, 54, potentially blacked out while driving and smashed into the house where Dean Rottini, his dog Nicki and his friend Tommy Gonzales were watching TV. Both men suffered injuries, including several lacerations to Rottini's face, and an injury to Gonzales's hip. For a moment, Nicki, a 1-year-old Chihuahua was lost, but fire fighters managed to find the dog hiding in the splintered wood inside the home. A relative of Pearson's says this is not the first time he has passed out. Emily Pearson says her father-in-law collapsed inside his home last year and had to be rushed to the hospital. Wednesday night both Rottini and Gonzales have been released from Intermountain Medical Center, Pearson remains in the hospital for observation.