Serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash that happened in Chariton County early Saturday morning. The Highway Patrol says 49 year old Chuck McKinstry was driving a Polaris Trailblazer at the intersection of Ridge Street and State Street in Keytesville and failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle hit a utility pole. McKinstry was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was taken to University Hospital in Columbia.