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Motorcycle Catches Fire; Driver Safe

Posted: 1:40 pm MST January 5, 2009Updated: 1:59 pm MST January 5, 2009

EL PASO, Texas -- A motorcyclist is safe after his entire motorcycle caught fire Monday morning.

The man was riding along east on Grant Drive in central El Paso around 9 a.m. when he lost control after driving over an oil spill, said El Paso police.

He slid off the road, crashing into the sidewalk when his bike caught fire.

No injuries were reported.

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