One person was seriously hurt and two others received minor injuries in a crash southwest of Listowel.

Shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, emergency crews were called to the corner of Newry Road and Krauter Line, near the community of Ethel.

According to Huron County OPP, a southbound pickup truck and an eastbound pickup truck collided in the middle of the intersection.

The driver of the eastbound truck, a 47-year-old resident of Brussels, was taken to hospital by air ambulance.

Police described his injuries as serious, but not life-threatening.

The two people in the southbound truck were both taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.