A man was seriously injured on Thursday in a collision with a semi-truck in La Porte County.

At about 5:30 a.m., emergency responders were called to U.S. 30 and Indiana 39 near Hanna, with La Porte County Police saying that 41-year-old Jeramie Colby was in a car when he struck the back end of a tractor-trailer stopped at a red light.

Colby was conscious and alert but taken by helicopter to a regional hospital due to the serious nature of his injuries. Police said he complained of extreme pain to his right arm and right leg.

The truck driver, Arthur Newbury, 45, was not injured.