BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge motorcycle officer was in critical condition Monday after what may have been a deliberate a hit-and-run crash on Joor Road.

The crash, which happened around 11 a.m. near the intersection of Joor and Prescott roads, left Sgt. Caleb Eisworth, a 23-year veteran of the Baton Rouge Police Department, hospitalized in "extremely critical" condition, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson said.

East Baton Rouge Parish deputies said that Eisworth was on his way to a work-related escort assignment when he was traveling northbound on Joor near the Prescott intersection. The suspect vehicle followed him for a short distance before striking him with his truck and fleeing the area, deputies added.

The suspect, Gad Black, 41, was arrested about an hour-and-a-half along Airline Highway near Harry Drive. He is being charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer with more charged pending an investigation. 

Shortly after the crash, Gad posted on Facebook implying his involvement in the hit-and-run. Gad was previously arrested in 2014 for trying to injure an officer. He ultimately pleaded guilty in this case on aggravated flight from an officer charges and completed probation in 2019, court records indicate.