PANAMA CITY - A motorcyclist is in critical condition at a local hospital after a Thursday morning crash.
The incident happened on U.S. 231 at the Cherokee Heights Road intersection at about 7:30 a.m.
According to Panama City Police, a 17-year-old woman from Panama City was traveling south on U.S. 231 in a 2005 Saturn SUV and a 36-year-old man also from Panama City was traveling north on a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle. The teen attempted to make a left turn in front of the motorcycle and was struck on the passenger side of the vehicle, police wrote in a news release.
The driver of the motorcycle was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries, the news release states. The driver of the Saturn sustained no injuries. This traffic crash is still under investigation, officials added.