(La Porte, IN) - A man on a motorcycle was seriously hurt in a collision with a car this afternoon in La Porte.

 

The accident occurred at about 1 p.m. in the 1400 block of Lincolnway close to Horizon Bank and Dairy Queen.  So far, police have not shed light on how the accident occurred, nor provided other details.

 

La Porte County Emergency Medical Service Administrator Andrew McGuire said the man, appearing to be middle-aged, was taken a short distance to Northwest Health.

 

A medical helicopter from the South Bend area landed about 30 minutes later to transfer the patient to an outside trauma center.

 

McGuire said the man was in critical condition.

 

“We had two ambulances and myself on scene,” he said.

 

An elderly woman inside a car with front-end damage stepped outside the vehicle to answer questions from police about the accident.

 

There was a pair of cowboy boots and a book bag next to the motorcycle, which was laid next to the curb on the north side of Lincolnway until being removed from the scene.

 

All four lanes on Lincolnway were blocked for roughly one hour to allow police to investigate the crash, and clean up the scene.  We’ll provide more details as they are made available.