A man was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital after he crashed his motorcycle into the rear of a pickup truck in Lake in the Hills early Saturday morning.
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and Lake in the Hills Police Department responded around 2:08 a.m. Saturday to the area of Randall Road and Commercial Drive in Lake in the Hills for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
A 911 caller reported a crash involving a car and a motorcycle, with the motorcyclist injured and lying face down in the roadway.
A medical helicopter was requested but none were close enough to the scene at the time.
Lake in the Hills Police Department Public Information Officer Amanda Johnson said an investigation showed a Suzuki GSX-R1000 was traveling northbound on Randall Road.
The Suzuki, driven by a 36-year-old man, was approaching Commercial Drive when it struck the rear end of a Chevrolet C1500 pickup truck, which was also traveling northbound, Johnson said.
The motorcyclist was rushed by ambulance to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley with serious injuries.
The operator was the sole occupant of the motorcycle and the driver of the Chevrolet, a 46-year-old man, was also the sole occupant of his vehicle.
An update on the condition of the motorcyclist was not immediately available, Johnson said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Lake in the Hills Police Department.