Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Striking Deer

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Little Falls motorcyclist was taken to the hospital after a Tuesday evening crash involving a deer.

The Morrison County Sheriff's Office said that the crash happened along Great River Road just north of Nature Road near Bowlus just before 10 p.m.

The motorcyclist, 48-year-old Daniel Lemieur, struck a deer while heading south.

Lemieur was thrown from the motorcycle. The sheriff's office said that he was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with unknown injuries.