A man was been taken into police custody after a motorcycle accident on Lovers Lane Tuesday morning sent another man to the hospital with serious injuries.

According to Traffic Sgt. Chris McBane officers responded to the 2200 block of Lovers Lane around 7:18 a.m.

“Motorcycle was westbound on Lovers Lane, lost control went down and ejected both the driver and the passenger,” McBane said. “The passenger was transported to Mosaic with serious injuries.”

The passenger, a 27-year-old St. Joseph man was transported with a serious head injury according to police.  McBane said the 25-year-old driver, also a St. Joseph man was taken into police custody for investigation of assault and to determine wither or not alcohol played a factor in the crash.

Both men were wearing helmets at the time of the crash.

Ashland was closed to traffic from around 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Police are still investigating.