Crime & Safety

Motorcycle Driver Sent To Hospital After Collision With Deer

Linn County Sheriff's:

At 2255 hours, 07-07-13 Linn County Deputies, Anamosa Fire, and Northeast Linn Ambulance responded to a personal injury accident on Buffalo Ridge Road at the intersection of Finn Lane. A northbound motorcycle struck a deer in the roadway. The motorcycle driver and only occupant was identified as Nicholas Russell Etten.

Etten was transported to St. Lukes Hospital with what are believed to be non-life threating injuries.

The incident remains under investigation by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office. Etten was not wearing helmet at the time of the incident.

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