Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Collision
Police Say Truck Failed To Yield
POSTED: 8:33 am EDT May 13,
2008
UPDATED: 8:55 am EDT May 13,
2008
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A motorcyclist was seriously injured Monday on Midland Road near Fox Point Drive when a full size pickup truck collided with his motorcycle.The 37-year-old motorcyclist was driving west on Midland road when the truck pulled out and hit the cycle head-on.Police said the operator of the pickup truck, a 57-year-old Bay City man, failed to yield the right of way to the motorcyclists.The motorcyclist was pinned in between the two vehicles prior to being thrown from his cycle. He suffered serious lower leg injuries, requiring hours of surgery at Bay Medical Center.
The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.Midland Road was closed for an hour while the scene was cleaned up, officials said.Police said alcohol was not a factor in the accident.
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