The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Hecker Fire Department assisted EMS personnel in responding to a vehicle crash on Route 159 about one mile north of LL Road near Hecker at about 12:50 a.m. Saturday.

Police said a GMC Sierra driven by Michael E. Wilson, 61, of Prairie du Rocher, was traveling north when it went off the roadway, struck an embankment and went airborne before crashing in a ditch. Wilson was transported by ambulance to Red Bud Regional Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.