Firefighters extricate the driver from the wreckage of a vehicle near Santa Maria.
One person was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 101 near Santa Maria. The driver had to be extricated from the wreckage, and was taken to Marian Regional Medical Center. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)

One person was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 101 near Santa Maria, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

Firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched shortly after 3 p.m. to the rollover crash in the southbound lanes just north of Santa Maria Way, said fire Capt. Scott Safechuck.

Responders had to extricate the adult male driver from the wreckage, which ended up off the roadway, and was transported by American Medical Response ambulance to Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria.

His name and details on his condition were not available.

One lane of the freeway was closed down for a time after the crash, which was under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.

Noozhawk executive editor Tom Bolton can be reached at tbolton@noozhawk.com.