Champaign, IL : One man injured in crash on Mattis Avenue Thursday afternoon, August 18, 2016

One person was taken to the hospital following a single vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon.

Champaign police Lt. Bruce Ramseyer said a landscaping truck pulling a trailer was headed north on Mattis Avenue when the truck’s steering went out.

The truck veered to the side of the road near William Street at 5:20 p.m. and hit a tree.

The driver, a 23-year-old Champaign man, was uninjured.

A passenger, a 32-year-old Champaign man, was removed from the truck and taken to an area hospital, where he received treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

Ramseyer said that no tickets had been issued as of Thursday evening.

The crash backed up traffic on Mattis Avenue for about a half hour.

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UPDATE: One man injured in crash on Mattis