A three-vehicle crash on Friday afternoon resulted in a Lawrence County man being flown to a Louisville hospital. Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers says that just before 4 p.m., deputies responded to the crash on State Road 11 at the Bartholomew/Jackson County line. While responding, deputies were informed that the crash was a head on collision with entrapment. Due to the uncertainty of which county the collision occurred in, Myers says that Jackson County Deputies, Fire and EMS personnel also responded to the scene.

Authorities arrived to find a car and an SUV stuck together in the southbound lane of State Road 11. In the northbound lane, deputies found a pickup truck with damage to his John boat and trailer. The three involved vehicles were blocking both lanes of State Road 11. Myers says that one of the drivers, 26-year-old Caleb Meadows, of Bedford, was trapped inside his car. Meadows was successfully extricated in a joint effort by County Fire/EMS agencies, then flown by Stat helicopter to University of Louisville Hospital. His condition has not been released.

Myers says that the driver of the SUV, 17-year-old Alexander Royalty, of Seymour, went to the hospital for a complaint of pain. The driver of the pickup truck, 32-year-old Jared Shepherd, of Seymour, as well as his passenger, were not hurt.

Investigators say that their investigation revealed that Royalty’s SUV rear-ended to the truck and boat, causing it to move into the southbound lane of State Road 11, into the path of Meadow’s car.