A 22-year-old Forrest City man was seriously hurt just before 8am Wednesday when he lost control of his pickup truck along US 169 highway three miles north of St Joseph.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the truck left the highway and traveled 430 yards before vaulting into an embankment. The truck overturned and ejected Alik C Hughes.

A Lifenet Helicopter Ambulance transported Hughes to Heartland.