ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI-- Two motorcycle crashes happened within minutes of each other in Ontonagon County Monday.
The Sheriff’s Office says the first happened around 6:10 p.m. Thomas Weks of Oak Grove, Louisiana was traveling on South Boundary Road when he lost control of his bike on a curve. The motorcycle left the roadway, hit the gravel shoulder, and fell to the ground.
Weks was taken to Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital for treatment.
The second accident happened about eight minutes later, also on South Boundary Road.
Deputies say Michael Cox of Oak Grove, Louisiana lost control of his bike on a portion of wet pavement. The motorcycle left the roadway and rolled into a gully.
Cox was not injured.
