ALTON - Alton Police and Alton Fire Department responded to a serious accident involving a motorcycle at 3:23 a.m. Monday on Monument Avenue and Broadway Avenue in Alton.

Alton Police Public Information Officer Emily Hejna said it was “a very serious traffic crash.”

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“We had to close the road down on East Broadway at Monument Avenue after the crash and it didn’t reopen until 9:05 this morning,” she said Monday morning.

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The motorcyclist was taken to Alton Memorial Hospital from the scene with "life-threatening injuries," Officer Hejna said.

Officer Hejna said more about the person injured and the accident will be released later today.

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