Off-road motorcycle rider injured after collision with truck in Central Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An off-road motorcycle rider was hospitalized aft being deed by a pickup motortruck successful Central Fresno connected Tuesday evening.

The clang happened astir 6:30 p.m. adjacent Fresno Street and Weldon Avenue.

Police said the motorcycle did not person lights connected erstwhile it entered the intersection.

"It appears the pit motorcycle was going southbound connected Fresno Street on the westbound curve, the motortruck was going northbound," Fresno Police Sgt. Mike Stanford said. "The motortruck was making a near crook and arsenic the pit motorcycle was approaching the intersection, they collided successful the intersection down me."

Officers described the rider's injuries arsenic serious, but said the idiosyncratic is expected to survive.

Police said the pickup operator stayed astatine the country and was not injured. The probe is ongoing.