By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina woman was injured when she took a tumble off the back of a motorcycle east of Salina Sunday evening.
A 49-year-old Salina man and a 47-year-old Salina woman were eastbound on E. Magnolia Road on a 2007 Harley-Davidson Softtail motorcycle. Near the intersection with S. Woodward Road, the man, who was driving, looked in the rearview mirror and saw the woman tumbling in the south ditch, Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning.
The woman told deputies that her foot dropped to the pavement, causing her to fall off the motorcycle. Melander said alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the woman falling off the motorcycle.
The woman was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries, including roadrash on her face, Melander said.
During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the driver had a restricted license that required him to have an ignition interlock device on whatever vehicle he was driving. Because there was no such device on the motorcycle, the driver was cited for driving without an ignition interlock device, Melander said.