A Utica man was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after crashing his pickup truck on Burrstone Road, New Hartford police said.

Todd M. Manolescu, 41, was eastbound on Burrstone Road at about 8:15 a.m. when he struck a sign and a fire hydrant on the right side of the road just before Burrstone Ice Cream, police said.

The truck then swerved across both lanes of Burrstone road, crashed through a stand of small trees -- uprooting some in the process -- and came to rest against a retaining wall next to a Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare building across the street from Slocum-Dickson Medical Group, police said.

The truck dislodged its cab in the course of the crash, and caught on fire after hitting the wall, police said.

Utica police, New Hartford police and the New York Mills Fire Department responded, and rescue workers were able to help the driver out of the vehicle and extinguish the fire, police said.

Manolescu was taken to St. Elizabeth Medical Center for with what appeared to be minor injuries, police said.

Police said the accident was the result of medical issues.

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1 injured when truck strikes trees, retaining wall

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