By Chris Caraveo, Independent Newsmedia

A man received burns to his body Monday evening after an accident in Surprise.

On March 13 at about 6 p.m., the Surprise Fire-Medical Department responded to a vehicle crash at the train tracks near 136th and Peoria avenues.

According to Battalion Chief Julie Moore, a 24-year-old male driver sustained 50 percent burns to his body. There were no passengers in his vehicle.

He was flown by helicopter to a burns trauma center.

According to Surprise Police Department Sgt. Norm Owens, the driver is a Peoria resident and remains in critical condition at the hospital.

Fire units from Sun City, El Mirage and Peoria assisted Surprise with the driver and fire control.