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Motorcyclist Hurt After Driving Over Fallen Tree

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A motorcyclist was hurt after driving over a tree that fell due to high winds Sunday.

The incident happened along County Road 151 in Holding Township.

The driver, Thomas Joseph Studlarek Avon, was on a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle and tipped over in the ditch after running over the tree.

He then struck a sign and crashed into a barbed wire fence.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office reported the driver suffered non-life threatening injuries, and was transported to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment.

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