Texarkana man on motorcycle injured after allegedly refusing to pull over for state trooper

TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - A Texarkana man was injured Tuesday morning (Jan. 17) when the motorcycle he was riding ran into a truck.

Arkansas State Police identified the man as 37-year-old Chauncy Bashum. Police say Bashum was traveling north on Hickory Street when a state trooper tried to pull him over. They say within seconds of Bashum’s failure to stop, the motorcycle hit a pickup as the driver was making a turn onto East 4th Street.

One man was injured in a motorcycle wreck in Texarkana, Ark. after allegedly refusing to pull... — One man was injured in a motorcycle wreck in Texarkana, Ark. after allegedly refusing to pull over during a traffic stop.(KSLA)

Bashum was taken to Wadley Regional Medical Center; his condition has not been released.

No one in the truck was injured. State police is still investigating.

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