COLLISION INVOLVING MOTORCYCLE RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURIES

A TRAFFIC COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE AND PICKUP TRUCK RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES FOR A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PRESCOTT VALLEY.

JUST AFTER 8:45 P.M. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, CHINO VALLEY OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 3500 BLOCK OF NORTH STATE ROUTE 89, WHERE THEY FOUND THE MOTORCYCLIST DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM PAULDEN, WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.

TRAFFIC ON STATE ROUTE 89 WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE A HELICOPTER LANDED TO TRANSPORT THE MOTORCYCLIST TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  

ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT SPEED AND/OR INTOXICATION WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE PULLED INTO THE ROADWAY AND FAILED TO YIELD TO THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND IN THE 3500 BLOCK OF STATE ROUTE 89.

AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION, THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE WAS EJECTED AND CAME TO REST ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE MOTORCYCLE CAME TO REST IN THE ROADWAY AND WAS STRUCK BY A FORD FUSION THAT WAS TRAVELLING BEHIND THE TRUCK.

THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, AND NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.