TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — A driver was extricated and flown to a hospital Wednesday morning after a pickup truck collided with a large construction vehicle near Tesla Road and FM 973, Austin-Travis County EMS said.

Medics responded the crash at 8:33 a.m.

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The driver of the pickup was initially pinned inside the vehicle. Crews later freed the driver from the wreckage, according to ATCEMS.

STAR Flight transported the patient to Dell Seton Medical Center, ATCEMS said. The patient sustained serious but not expected to be life-threatening injuries.

CBS Austin has a crew on the way to the scene.