Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Marquette County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a motorcycle accident this morning on M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds.
The accident happened just before 8:00 a.m. south of County Road N-H when a deer ran out into the path of a southbound motorcycle operated by 33-year-old Daniel Hendrickson of Marquette.
The motorcycle slid off of the roadway into the ditch, injuring Hendrickson.
He was taken to UP Health System Marquette for treatment of what authorities say were non-life threatening injuries.
Deputies say he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.