Salina Post
A Motorcyclist was injured after crashing into a deer on the K-4 Highway.
According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office on Monday, September 15 at around 8:20 pm, deputies were dispatched to the 6000 block of K-4 Highway for the report of a motorcycle crash. Reportedly, deputies found a 1993 Harley Davidson, with no driver and dead deer on the scene.
Later on at around 8:50 pm, a family member of the motorcyclist told authorities they were headed to a medical facility in town with 49-year old, Derek Blaha (Gypsum) who reportedly was the driver of the motorcycle.
The Sheriff's Office stated Blaha was going westbound on K-4 when he struck a deer, ejecticing him off the motorcycle. Blaha suffered non-life threatening injuries that included, scrapes/abrasions on his body and stitches to the forehead.
It was reported that Blaha was not wearing a helmet.