A webpage is seeking donations to help an Oak Harbor man seriously injured in a Dec. 12 car accident.

From his hospital bed Thursday, Jason Rice said that he suffered a broken pelvis, a broken left leg, a broken right wrist and fingers and broken ribs in the collision.

“I’m in a lot of pain, but I guess that’s to be expected,” he said.

His 16-year-old son, Devin Rice, was a passenger in the accident but only suffered bumps and bruises.

Oak Harbor Police Chief Ed Green said the collision occurred just after 9 p.m. on Southwest Heller Street at Southwest Eighth Street.

Green said California resident Maxine Caldera, 28, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer on Heller Street.

Caldera started driving off the roadway, overcorrected and crossed the centerline into the path of Rice’s 2002 Toyota Prius, according to Green.

Damage to the vehicles is very extensive, Green said. Caldera was cited by police for crossing the centerline.

Rice was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

Rice said he has no memory of the collision but awoke to see paramedics helping him. He said it took about a half hour for firefighters to remove him from the wreckage of his car.

Jennifer James, Rice’s ex-girlfriend and his son’s mother, said she’s been in touch with Rice’s family members at the hospital but hasn’t been able to talk to him yet.

He’s had surgery to repair his arms and legs, which involved putting a metal plate in his hand.

Rice underwent hip surgery Thursday.

“It’s going to be a long recovery,” she said.

James said she created an account on the GoFundMe website so people may donate to help Rice pay his mortgage and other bills while he’s recovering in the hospital. The page is online at www.gofundme.com/iypu30

James said that Rice has many friends in the community and works as a caregiver for her elderly mother. She said she’s always been on good terms with him and considers him a “gentle giant.”

Rice said that doctors haven’t told him how long he’ll remain in the hospital.