Two injured in Saturday motorcycle crash

by Alexandria Randolph

Highland Lakes Newspapers

A man and a child were taken to an Austin area hospital following a motorcycle collision in Kingsland Friday.

Texas DPS Troopers said a man and a five-year-old were both injured after the man's Harley Davidson motorcycle collided with a Ford Expedition on Ranch to Market Road 1431 near the County Road 127 intersection on Friday afternoon, Aug. 26, at about 3 p.m.

Trooper Kevin Henneke said the collision occurred when a vehicle slowed in the outside, westbound lane to make a right turn on CR 127 (Caldwell Boulevard), a second vehicle stopped behind it, leading to a chain reaction.

“The driver of the Expedition had to slam on his brakes to avoid colliding with the car ahead of him, and the motorcyclist rear-ended the expedition,” Henneke said.

According to Granite Shoals Police officers on the scene, the motorcyclist may have been on his way from Highland Lakes Elementary School, where he picked up his five-year-old passenger, reportedly a girl. The child had a broken femur and the driver a broken shoulder, the officer said.

None of the four occupants of the Expedition were injured, Henneke said.

Texas DPS officials are not releasing the name of the motorcyclist at this time. Henneke said the minimum age for a passenger of a motorcycle in Texas is five years old.

The medical status for the man and the child is unknown at this time.