DESERT CENTER, CA— Authorities Friday investigated a collision involving a motorcycle and a big rig in Desert Center that hospitalized the bike rider.
The crash was reported shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday on Ragsdale Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling at an unconfirmed speed on state Route 177 collided into a Freightliner truck/tractor hauling a trailer, which was parked on Ragsdale Road.
The rider, identified only as a 48-year-old man, suffered major injuries and was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but DUI was not suspected as a factor, the CHP stated.
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