A 42-year-old Port Arthur woman was injured Sunday afternoon when a pickup truck ran the motorcycle she was driving off the Interstate 10 access road near Happy Home Drive. The motorcycle when into a ditch and the driver was thrown off.
Orange police report the driver of the pickup truck did not stop to help and left the scene.
The woman was Shalina Allen and she was taken by Acadian Ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with non-incapacitating injuries, Orange police report.
Police were called at 12:39 p.m. to the 6600 block of Lutcher Drive West. Officer M.T. Roush said the Harley-Davidson was traveling westbound in the outside lane. A pickup truck turned into the lane, forcing the motorcycle into a ditch. The driver was thrown off and the cycle tumbled.
The driver did not have a detailed description of the pickup truck except that it had long wooden boards in the tailgate area. Anyone with information about the truck should contact Orange police at 409-883-1026.
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