PERRIS: Motorcyclist critically injured in crash

March 17, 2015 12:24 am

A motorcylist was seriously injured in a crash in Perris Monday afternoon, authorities said.

The motorcycle broadsided a pickup truck about 12:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of Markham Street, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department news release said. Deputies arrived to find the rider, a Menifee resident, pinned under a black Nissan Titan with his Yamaha motorcycle, sheriff’s officials said.

The rider, whose name was not disclosed, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Authorities ask that anyone with information call the sheriff’s Perris Station at 951-210-1000.