A North Carolina woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday just outside of North Vernon. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the Indiana State Police, say that the crash happened at about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of US 50 and State Road 750 in Jennings County.

The initial investigation by Trooper Matt Holley indicated that a car driven by 74-year-old Ann Cutter, of Greensboro, was traveling west on US 50, approaching the intersection at State Road 750 when it entered the intersection into the path of a semi tractor-trailer driven by 27-year-old Carlnell V. Barrett II, of Mullins, South Carolina. ISP says that Cutter’s car struck Barrett’s trailer before coming to rest partially under the trailer. Cutter was trapped in the vehicle until she was able to be freed by emergency personnel. She was then flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for what are being called “critical injuries.” Barrett was not hurt.

Wheeles says that the investigation is ongoing. Neither alcohol nor drugs are not believed to be factors in the crash.