A single-vehicle accident near Purdin Tuesday night left the driver with serious injuries. Twenty-two-year-old Alexander E Gerst of Browning was flown to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment of serious injuries. According to the report, Gerst was southbound on Highway 5 and ran off the road, overcorrected and ran off the road again, drove through a fence, and struck a tree. He was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the accident.