Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash in Pocatello
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash Sunday on northbound Interstate 15 to Westbound Interstate 86 in Bannock County.
According to Idaho State Police, a 23-year-old Baytown, Texas, man was riding a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R600 motorcycle northbound on Interstate 15 near milepost 72 at 1:39 a.m. The motorcycle impacted the jersey barrier on the right shoulder at a high rate of speed and the rider was separated from the motorcycle.
The man was wearing a helmet and transported by ground ambulance to a hospital.
Traffic was blocked at the intersection for approximately one and a half hours.
This incident remains under investigation by the Idaho State Police.
