CEDAR RAPIDS- A Marion man is hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle.

It happened Ellis Road, a little less than a mile west of Edgewood Road.
That was shortly before nine last night. The Linn County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Michael White lost control of his bike while going around a curve.

White was *not wearing a helmet. He was being treated at University of Iowa Hospitals and clinics for what are believed to be *non-life threatening injuries.

White is charged with failure to maintain control.