Ocala Fire Rescue responded Sunday to two separate vehicle versus motorcycle crashes within an hour of each other.
At 3:19 p.m., Engine 1 and Rescue 1 were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of N. Pine Avenue and NW 22nd Street. Crews arrived at the scene of an accident involving a car and a motorcycle to find four ambulatory people and the motorcycle’s driver lying on the ground. The injured driver was trauma alerted to a local hospital and no other injuries were reported.
A short time later, Engines 1, 3 and 5, along with Rescue 3, were dispatched a similar call. At 3:54 p.m. crews were advised of a collision involving a motorcycle on W. Anthony Road and N.W. 35th Street. That incident involved four people, three of whom required medical care.
Both the driver and passenger of the motorcycle were trauma alerted to a local hospital. The passenger in the vehicle also was transported to a hospital, while the driver wasn’t injured.
Officers from the Ocala Police Department and crews from Marion County Fire Rescue also responded to the crashes.