A motorcyclist was hospitalized Thursday after a collision with a Bay County Sheriff's Office patrol car in Panama City Beach.

It happened just a little after 1:00 this afternoon near the intersection of Malaga Avenue and Back Beach Road in the Laguna Beach area. State Troopers said the man driving the blue Yamaha dirt bike was traveling about 40 miles an hour along the shoulder of the road.

The deputy was pulling out of a subdivision when the two collided.

Paramedics took the biker to Gulf Coast Medical Center with a broken right leg. The incident is still under investigation.