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Motorcyclist Injured in San Leandro Crash Thursday

A motorcyclist who lost control of his bike after clipping a moving car Thursday was hospitalized following the crash, police said.

Inside Bay Area reports San Leandro police were called out to the collision scene about 3:45 p.m. and found the motorcyclist ejected and on the ground near the west side of Doolittle Drive near Polvorosa Avenue. The name and age of the motorcyclist was not released; his condition was not immediately available.

Officers interviewed several witnesses who reportedly said the motorcyclist was driving south on Doolittle Drive when the bike clipped a car's right rear bumper causing the rider  to fly off the bike. The driver of the car was not injured. It was not immediately known if speed was a factor in the collision.

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Anyone with additional information about the crash should call the San Leandro Police Department's traffic unit at (510) 577-3208 or the anonymous tip line at (510) 577-3278.

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