EAST SPENCER — A car crashed into trees on North Long Street by East Division Street around 9:30 p.m. Monday, according to officials.

The driver of the vehicle was airlifted out to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. NC Highway Patrol will conduct the investigation into the cause of the crash. East Spencer fire department responded to the scene as well as East Spencer and state police, and Miller’s Ferry fire department set up the helicopter landing zone sector.