MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Moultrie motorcyclist who was thrown from his bike on Saturday when he was forced off the roadway to avoid a driver who pulled into his path apparently escaped serious injury.

Santiago Solario told police that he was driving his 2011 Kawasaki south on Highway 33 when a pickup pulled in front of him at the intersection of Lanier Road.

Solario, 56, lost control when he swerved to avoid colliding with the truck and the motorcycle went into the ditch on the west side of Highway 33, according to the Georgia State Patrol, which investigated the accident.

After leaving the roadway Solario was ejected from the motorcycle, which overturned once in the ditch, the GSP said.

Solario described the truck as a white Ford pickup with an extended cab. The driver did not stop.

Although he told police that he had pain to his abdomen and pelvis he was not transported by ambulance to the hospital, the GSP said. Colquitt Regional Medical Center had no record of Solario showing up  at its emergency room by another means of transportation, a hospital spokeswoman said on Monday.