Overview
- Officers attempted to stop the 28-year-old around 4:20 p.m. on Greizer Straße, but he drove off toward Kirchberg.
- Police briefly lost sight of the rider and found him about seven minutes later lying on a parking lot near Kirchberg/Brüderstraße.
- The injured man told officers he had collided with a street sign shortly before they arrived.
- Responders noted a strong smell of alcohol, and he was rushed to Waldklinikum Gera for emergency surgery.
- He remains in life-threatening condition as police investigate and appeal for witnesses to the incident.