BATON ROUGE - A man who was being loaded into an ambulance right before an 18-wheeler slammed into the emergency vehicle is recovering from his injuries. 

Family of Nathan Williams said that he was driving to work when he experienced extreme pain and had to pull over along I-12 in Walker. Williams called for help and was being examined by paramedics on the side of the interstate.

When he was being loaded into the ambulance to head to a hospital, an 18-wheeler hit the vehicle and William's truck. Five people were hurt in the crash. 

William's family says Nathan is in his third year of chemotherapy treatment for Stage IV Follicular Lymphoma. Now, he's needing treatment for a severely fractured and dislocated leg, as well. 

His family has set up a fundraiser for Nathan.