EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Police and Edwardsville Fire Department worked a scene around 10 p.m. Monday when a truck ran off the road and landed in a creek across from Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville off Illinois Route 157.

The driver of the truck in the single-vehicle accident was ejected and transported by ambulance to a St. Louis hospital with serious injuries.

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Edwardsville Fire Department treated the driver at the scene and Edwardsville Police Department monitored traffic in the area.

Dan Brannan also contributed to this story.

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