(KNZA)--A single-vehicle Buchanan County wreck early Wednesday morning sent a St. Joseph man to the hospital.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after midnight on Route A about one mile south of St. Joseph.

The Patrol says 23-year-old Sutton Mattucks was southbound when he swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway and lost control of his pickup.  The vehicle left the roadway, struck an embankment, went airborne and rolled.

Mattucks, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with what the Patrol described as serious injuries.