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Motorcyclist, 20, Injured After Flipping Off His Bike and Falling Off Highway in Apparent Road Rage Incident, Police Say

The Houston Police Department is still searching for an SUV driver accused of forcing a motorcyclist off of his bike on Wednesday, July 2 In the alleged road rage incident, the cyclist plummeted from the highway and hit a grassy area The victim is a 20-year-old male who has not been publicly identifiedAn SUV driver was accused of forcing a motorcyclist off his bike on the evening of Wednesday, July 2, causing him to fall several hundred feet after hitting an overpass in Houston. The incident occurred at approximately 11 p.m., in the northbound lanes of Sam Houston Parkway North and I-45 N near Beltway 8 in the Greenspoint neighborhood of Houston, per Click 2 Houston. PEOPLE has reached out to the Houston Police Department for a statement. The motorcyclist, identified as a 20-year-old man, fell a long distance and landed in a grass-covered area. He was rushed to a nearby trauma center in serious condition after the alleged road rage incident and underwent emergency surgery, Click 2 Houston reports. The roadway was shut down for hours while police conducted their investigation, and the manhunt for the SUV driver remains ongoing. "When they got to the very top of the flyover, whatever occurred at that instance, the motorcycle rider actually went off the freeway over the edge, fell quite a long ways down, landed in some grassy area," Lt. R. Willkens with the HPD said, per local outlet KHOU 11. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Willkens told the outlet the SUV driver took off. "We're still trying to figure out who that might have been," he told KHOU11, adding that he believes the motorcyclist will survive. The driver and the victim have not been publicly identified at this time. Anyone with information may contact the Vehicular Crimes Division with HPD at 713-247-4072. Read the original article on People