PERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A motorcylist had to be flown to an area hospital after a crash following a chase in Fayette County.

According to our newspaper partner, the Herald Standard, the biker hit a stone wall after he laid down his motorcyle along Newtown Road in Perry Township just before 8 p.m.

He was not wearing a helmet, but WPXI was told his injuries are not severe.

His name and the reason why police were chasing him have not been released.