OXFORD TWP. — Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck who caused an accident on Ohio 73 that seriously injured a former Middletown High School track coach and music teacher Monday, March 29.

Robert Mucha, 79, of Oxford, was injured in the crash that trapped him in his car for 45 minutes. He was flown to University Hospital in Cincinnati, where he was listed in stable condition Wednesday morning.

Mucha was driving his 2009 Toyota east on Ohio 73 near Retreat Lane when he was struck by a westbound 1996 Dodge pickup driven by Laurie Picadio of Trenton, who swerved to avoid a pickup that “continued on and never stopped,” according to Oxford Twp. police Chief Michael Goins.

Picadio was treated and released from McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

Police are trying to locate the late 1990s black Ford Ranger with “Obama” stickers on the rear window, which is tinted on the left and right and clear in the middle. “We have a couple witnesses give us statements that this truck was all over the road,” Goins said.

Mucha taught music and voice in Middletown City Schools for 27 years and coached junior high and high school track teams for nearly 20 years. Under Mucha, the Middies produced national-caliber runners and won the Division I state championship in 2002, when he was an assistant coach. The high school track complex is named in his honor.

Mucha, the choir director at Oxford United Methodist Church, previously directed the choir at First United Methodist Church in Middletown.