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Man Injured in Bucktown Motorcycle Crash

June 21, 2014 9:47am | Updated June 22, 2014 8:02pm

CHICAGO — A 28-year-old man was injured early Saturday morning when a car struck his motorcycle in Bucktown.

The motorcyclist was traveling northbound on Western Avenue near Milwaukee Avenue about 1:10 a.m. when a vehicle turning into the southbound lanes hit the motorcycle, police said.

The vehicle, a dark pickup truck, fled the scene, police said.

The motorcyclist was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, where his condition had stabilized, police said.

Area North detectives are investigating.

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