Philip Hegarty injured, taken to hospital, after losing control of motorcycle and crashing on S.R. 7.

A 27-year-old from Pompano Beach was seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle Thursday night on State Road 7 west of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials report this morning.

The crash happened at 6:24 p.m. Investigators said Philip Hegarty was northbound on SR 7 and “not paying attention” to traffic stopped ahead of him and when he hit the brakes in panic, his motorcycle flipped throwing him to the road, where he slid toward the car ahead of him. The motorcycle then came down on top of him.

Hegerty was taken to Delray Medical Center for treatment.