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1 In Hospital After Motorcycle Collides With Deer In Wisconsin

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- One person is in the hospital after riding a motorcycle that struck a deer Saturday morning in Oak Grove Township, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said. Passenger Gwynne Thompson Witte, 59, is at Regions Hospital in St. Paul with undetermined injuries.

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(credit: Pierce County Sheriff's Office)

The office says 54-year-old driver David Bender was traveling south on Highway 35 near 1200th Street when he collided with a deer around 10 a.m Saturday. The motorcycle, a 2015 Indian Chief Classic, went into a ditch when Bender and Thompson Witte were ejected from the bike. Bender was treated on-scene.

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