A St. Joseph man was critically injured in a one vehicle crash early Wednesday morning.

According to the St. Joseph Police Department, a 22-year-old man was driving north in his Chevrolet El Camino on Riverside at Frederick shortly after midnight when the vehicle left the roadway and hit the concrete base and traffic pole at the intersection. The man had to be extricated from the vehicle and was transported to Mosaic Life Care and then KU Medical Center with critical injuries.

The roadway was closed until around 3 a.m. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.