A Warsaw man was seriously hurt in a crash in Elkhart County.

The collision happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, on County Road 52 just east of County Road 43 when Elkhart County Sheriff’s investigators say the 35-year-old driver lost control of his SUV while switching the vehicle from two-wheel-drive to four-wheel-drive.

The SUV went off the road and struck a tree.

First responders arrived to find the man trapped in the wreckage and going in and out of consciousness.

He was taken a hospital in Fort Wayne with neck and head injuries.