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Birdseye Man Suffers Serious Injuries After Motorcycle Strikes Deer

Last updated on Tuesday, July 19, 2016

(MENTOR) - A Birdseye man suffered serious injuries after his motorcycle struck a deer south of Mentor Friday afternoon.

According to a Dubois County Sheriff's Department report, 62-year Richard Dooley was northbound on Mentor Road about a quarter mile south of Indiana 64 when his motorcycle struck a deer nearly head-on. Dooley was thrown from the motorcycle.

Dooley suffered a head injury, several broken bones and road rash. He was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in Jasper and then flown to an Evansville hospital.

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