Emergency responders load a patient onto a medical helicopter following a single vehicle accident on the AA Highway at Garrison early Thursday. – Dennis Brown Photo

A Vanceburg man was seriously injured early Thursday when the pick-up he was operating went off the roadway and struck several trees.
He was airlifted to a Huntington, West Virginia, trauma center while a passenger in the pick-up received only minor injuries.
Deputy Matt Ross said the accident happened about 2:15 a.m. Thursday, December 15, on the AA Highway just west of Ky. Rt. 1306 (Kinney Road).