MANISTIQUE TOWNSHIP, MI-- A motorcycle rider was injured in a collision with a deer Sunday morning in Manistique Township.
Troopers from the Manistique Detachment say a 59-year-old Macomb man was westbound on US-2 near Tannery Road when a deer ran into the road. The man hit the deer and was thrown from the motorcycle, which continued west, hit a mailbox, and came to rest in a yard.
Around 9 a.m. a trooper on routine patrol came upon the rider, who was lying on the side of the road. He was taken to Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials say the man was wearing a full helmet and leather protective gear at the time of the crash.
