A 20-year-old man sustained only minor injuries after his car careened off the Thruway, onto the south shoulder of the roadway, flipped and landed on its roof in a ditch.
The driver managed to pull himself out of the wreckage and is being transported by Mercy medics to UMMC.
The accident happened at 4:03 p.m. He was heading eastbound when, for reasons unknown, his Honda sedan veered off the Thruway.
The accident scene was about 20 feet from curve where Park Road becomes Veterans Memorial Drive.
