A driver is facing charges after police in Port St. Lucie said he was involved in a road-rage pursuit and crash that left a motorcyclist and three others hospitalized.
The incident happened Wednesday evening when the driver of a Ford Super Duty pickup and the driver of a Harley-Davidson were involved in an ongoing road-rage incident on U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie Police officials said.
The pickup was pursuing the Harley as they approached the intersection at Southeast Lyngate Drive/Southeast Tiffany Avenue, where the motorcycle went through a red light and crashed into a Chevrolet Silverado, ejecting the motorcycle rider, police said.
Police said the pickup also ran the red light and hit the motorcycle rider before crashing head-on into a Toyota RAV4.
The 31-year-old motorcycle rider was hospitalized with serious injuries, including a brain bleed and facial fractures.
Two people in the RAV4 and the driver of the Silverado were also hospitalized.
The driver of the Ford pickup, 54-year-old Kevin Patrick Lonergan, was hospitalized and later arrested on charges including reckless driving causing damage to person or property and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury.

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