A pickup truck that had been reported stolen out of Bloomington was found late Monday afternoon, just after it had been driven into a tree on Country Club Road, just east of Nashville.

Curt Durnil, spokesman for the Indiana State Police, says that 28-year-old Jesse Irvin Richardson, of Bloomington, had the pickup truck at the time of the crash. Investigators believe the truck had been driven at a high rate of speed and was unable to negotiate a curve, resulting in the vehicle leaving the roadway and striking a fence before running into the tree, head-on.

Durnil says that Richardson was air-lifted to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, suffering from compound fractures. He adds that the investigation is ongoing.