BELL COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital after colliding into the back of a semi-truck tractor trailer Sunday night in Bell County before 9:30 p.m.

Texas DPS said a 2009 Kawasaki that was being operated by a 20-year-old man from Killeen was traveling southbound on Interstate 35. Witnesses reported the motorcyclist was driving recklessly and in between vehicles, lane splitting.

As the motorcyclist approached a construction zone, Texas DPS said the operator failed to control speed and hit the back of a truck tractor semi-trailer.

The motorcyclist was taken to Baylor Scott & White with incapacitating injuries.

The investigation into the crash is active and ongoing.

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