Hays Post

An accident at approximately 1:15 p.m. Tuesday sent one man to the hospital and closed westbound traffic on 27th from Broadway to Vine following a collision between a motorcycle and a truck at the intersection of 27th and Plaza.

Unconfirmed eyewitness reports said the motorcycle was on 27th heading East when the truck turned onto Plaza. The rider was unable to stop in time and collided with the passenger side door of the vehicle.  The truck then drove over the rider. Hays Police Department officers at the scene declined to comment as to the cause of the accident.

The rider was taken to Hays Medical Center. His current condition is unknown at this time.

By 1:45 p.m., traffic had reopened on 27th, but was still being directed around the parked truck on Plaza at the intersection.