A Sacramento man was seriously injured Saturday when his vehicle ran off the road just east of Horsetail falls along Highway 50.

The 38-year-old, whose identity has been withheld for unknown reasons, was airlifted to Renown Medical Center in Reno after the July 7, 5:30am single-car crash.

According to the California Highway Patrol the man was driving “at an unsafe speed.” The rate of speed was not revealed. He went around a corner, lost control, then the right righter hit guard rail before the vehicle rolled over embankment.

The driver was ejected, landing on the rock embankment. The vehicle landed on its wheels, with the left front wheel on the driver’s right hand.

In order to haul the vehicle out the tow truck was seen off the steep embankment just after 9am Saturday.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report