JEFFERSON CITY — A 55-year-old Perryville man was seriously injured in a traffic crash Friday afternoon on Route N in Ste. Genevieve County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Darren F. Allen was taken to SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital by an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter.
The patrol says Allen was the driver of a 1995 Jeep Wrangler which was southbound on N when it crossed the center of the road, traveled off the left side of the road, struck a culvert pipe,became airborne and overturned, ejecting Allen.
The crash happened about 5:10 p.m. in the 19000 block of Route N.
The patrol says Allen was unrestrained.
The Jeep had extensive damage.