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Man Airlifted Following Dirt Bike Crash

(La Porte County, IN) - A man is recovering from serious injuries from crashing on his dirt bike in the Michigan City area.

 

Imre Falatovics, 36, was airlifted on July 3 to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with two broken legs and other possible injuries, according to La Porte County Police.

 

Police said it appears Falatovics was traveling on 400 West in Springfield Township when he failed to negotiate a curve and wound up in a ditch containing heavy vegetation.  Emergency responders located him on his back in the ditch near his 2001 Suzuki dirt bike.

 

He complained of pain in both of his swollen legs along with pain to the head and neck. 

 

According to police, the case has been presented to prosecutors for possible filing of charges of operating a motor vehicle as a habitual traffic violator, a Level 6 felony.

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