A Venice man was critically injured in a single-car accident Saturday morning. 70-year old Gregory John Vale was traveling north on State Road 681 just before 730 Saturday morning when he lost control of his car. A witness told the Florida Highway Patrol that the elderly man’s car swerved to the right, then wrecked when he tried to steer back left. An FHP report says Vahle’s car rolled into an embankment and collided with a traffic signal support pole, spun and hit a traffic control box. Anyone with information is asked to call the highway patrol.