[Update] Motorcycle vs. Deer on Highway 162

Around 12:20 p.m. on June 18, the Emergency Communications Center received a report of a male subject lying in the roadway of Highway 162. Medical and fire were dispatched to mile marker 15.6 on Highway 162, just east of Pconkinney Road.

Subsequent scanner transmissions revealed the male in question was ejected from the motorcycle he was driving after a collision with a deer.

Mendocino Sheriff’s Department personnel are on scene and tasked with dispatching the injured deer.

At this time, the extent of the rider’s injuries is unknown.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available. 

Update 12:37 p.m.: According to scanner traffic, the rider, while conscious, is having difficulty breathing.