(Michigan City, IN) - It appears a seriously injured motorcycle driver was to blame for a collision with a pick-up Thursday morning in Michigan City.

 

Aamar Ward, 19, was taken by medical helicopter from the accident scene to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

 

Michigan City Police said the extent of his injuries were not immediately known but he was unconscious when emergency responders found him on the pavement.

 

The investigation based on statements from three eyewitnesses determined Ward was traveling at an excessive speed on Franklin St. when he ran a red light at Barker Ave. and drove into the side of a 2005 Ford F-150.

 

Police said the eastbound truck just pulled away from a gas station and had not cleared the intersection yet when broadsided by the northbound motorcycle.

 

The listed address for Ward is in Coolspring Township a few miles south of Michigan City’s corporate boundaries.  

 

The driver of the truck of Trail Creek told investigators he heard a loud bang from the motorcycle striking the side of his truck and looked in his side mirror to see the man lying on the pavement.