Waterloo crash sends motorcyclist to hospital with serious injuries

File photo of a Waterloo Regional Police vehicle. (Sidra Jafri/CTV News)

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a fiery crash in Waterloo.

Waterloo Regional Police Service officers were called to a collision involving a motorcycle and a Toyota in the Erb Street East and Ellis Crescent area around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Investigators said the driver of the Toyota had collided with the motorcycle and the motorcycle became engulfed in flames.

The motorcyclist, a 34-year-old woman from Kitchener, was taken to an out-of-region hospital.

The driver of the Toyota went to a local hospital as a precaution.

The roads were closed during the investigation but have since reopened.

There has been no word on any possible charges.