A driver was seriously injured in a crash near Uniontown in Jackson County when his pickup went off the road and flipped over.

Indiana State Police say that the accident happened at about 2:15 p.m. yesterday afternoon, when the pickup driven by 67-year-old Tommy Keith of Crothersville, veered off of County Road 1300E near State Road 250. The truck struck a pole and flipped over.

Keith was trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut from his truck by the Seymour Fire Department. He was flown by medical helicopter to University of Louisville Hospital.

Assisting state police at the scene were Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officers, Jackson County deputies and ambulances and Stat Flight.