CHICAGO -- Asn as-yet unidentified motorcyclist was critically injured early Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle, struck a curb and was thrown into a fence on the West Side.
About 3:15 a.m., he was riding in the 3400 block of West Polk Street when he lost control of the motorcycle, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks. The notorcycle struck a curb, then a fence and the driver was thrown off the motorcycle and into the fence.
He is in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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