(Salem) A man from Salem received serious injuries following a pickup truck crash this afternoon in Dent County.

The Highway Patrol says the accident took place on Highway 32, four miles west of Salem when a Ford F-150 driven by 59-year-old Harvey Carter ran off the road, struck a sign, a fence and a tree.

Carter was flown to Cox South Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries.

He was not wearing a seat belt.

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