A man who tried to escape police questioning at a roadblock on the Causeway broke his leg when he crashed early yesterday. He was later arrested on suspicion of impaired riding.

The Bermuda Police Service also said an officer was injured while trying to apprehend the suspect.

At close to 1am, the police said officers were conducting traffic checks near the junction of Cahow Way and Kindley Field Road, St George’s, when they saw a man on a motorcycle riding east at a high rate of speed.

Although officers signalled for the rider to stop, he ignored their instruction and rode off in a westerly direction along the Causeway.

He lost control of the vehicle and fell on to the road, just north of Blue Hole Hill.

The man sustained a leg injury and was attended to at the scene by EMTs before being transported by ambulance to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for further treatment.

A police officer was injured in the attempt to apprehend the suspect. The man was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired.

The Causeway was closed to traffic following the collision while the scene was processed and traffic to and from St George’s Parish was blocked for a time.