A WRECK INVOLVING A DEER ON THE BYPASS SATURDAY AFTERNOON SENT THE RIDER OF A MOTORCYCLE TO BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 3:18, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM HOPKINSVILLE POLICE, WHICH SAYS 24-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CRONIN OF MESA, ARIZONA WAS WESTBOUND ON THE BYPASS ON HIS MOTORCYCLE IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE DEER RAN INTO THE ROADWAY.           

            THE ANIMAL BROADSIDED THE RIGHT SIDE OF CRONIN’S BIKE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL AND TO TIP OVER. CRONIN WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO BLANCHFIELD FOR TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE INJURIES.

            THE REPORT INDICATES HE WAS WEARING A HELMET.

                                                **

11/06/2011/AM