Northampton County, PA : Slate Belt man badly hurt after crash into mailboxes, pole on Sunday night, January 29, 2017

A 62-year-old Upper Mount Bethel Township man on Monday morning was in the intense care unit at St. Luke's University Hospital after a crash Sunday night in the Slate Belt community, officials said.

Brian S. Grimshaw was driving south at 7:15 p.m. in the 500 block of Ridge Road when he drove off the side of the street and struck a reflector, Pennsylvania State Police report. He crossed back over the road and hit a mailbox and a culvert, then another mailbox on the east side of the street, police said.

The driver's side of the 2012 Dodge Avenger then hit a Met-Ed utility pole before the car crossed the street again and stopped between trees, state police said.

Suburban EMS took Grimshaw to the Fountain Hill hospital.

Passenger Brandon M. Latteman, 27, of Bangor, wasn't hurt, state police said.

Both men were wearing seat belts.

Grimshaw will be cited with driving out of his lane, according to state police.

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Slate Belt man badly hurt after crash into mailboxes, pole