Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries after crash in Joliet, police say.
JOLIET, Ill. â A motorcyclist was hospitalized after colliding with a car in Joliet Tuesday afternoon, according to the Joliet Police Department. Around 4 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Plainfield Road and Voyager Lane for the crash involving a Suzuki motorcycle and Volkswagen Atlas. Preliminary reports say the driver of the Atlas, a 39-year-old woman from Romeoville, was heading eastbound on Plainfield Road at Voyager Lane in the left turn lane.
The motorcyclist was thrown from his bike following the collision, police said. It is believed that the intersection's stoplight was turning red from yellow at the time of the crash.The motorcyclist was taken to Ascension St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department with life-threatening injuries and was later transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, for further treatment.No other injuries were reported.
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