Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash on Trans-Canada Highway near Redcliff

A motorcyclist has been hospitalized with serious injuries following a single-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Redcliff in the evening on Monday.

Members of the Medicine Hat Police Service and emergency crews responded to the crash in the eastbound lanes of the highway at about 6:01 p.m. on June 8.

Police said the rider was travelling eastbound when they lost control of the motorcycle and entered the ditch separating the eastbound and westbound lanes.

Reports say the motorcycle continued through the ditch for approximately 350 feet before coming to a stop.