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Dashing deer leads to deadly motorcycle crash near Roseburg

05:03 PM PDT on Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Associated Press

DILLARD, Ore. (AP) -- A 43-year-old motorcyclist sustained injuries when a deer jumped onto him in southwest Oregon.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says 43-year-old Levi L. Lee of Winston was riding on a rural road in Dillard late Monday when a deer leaped off a bank.

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The motorcycle fell over, injuring Lee. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, where he was treated and released Tuesday.

The deer died.

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