Emergency personnel responded shortly before 6 p.m. Monday to a motorcycle crash on Route 3 at Palmer Road in Columbia.

The initial report was that the motorcycle caught fire in the crash and the driver was conscious and breathing at the scene.

Responding agencies included the Columbia Fire Department, Columbia EMS and Columbia Police Department.

Police said a black 1978 Honda motorcycle driven by Corey Rahn, 34, of Columbia, swerved to miss colliding with a Dodge truck, resulting in the motorcycle falling on its side.

Rahn was transported to Mercy Hospital South for treatment of minor injuries.