(Sac City, Iowa) – A motorcyclist traveling on a Sac County road Tuesday morning suffered multiple, non-life threatening injuries, after his cycle struck a deer on the road. The accident happened at around 1:22-a.m., approximately seven-miles north of Sac City, on County Road M-47. The Sac County Sheriff’s Office reports the 2022 Harley Davidson motorcycle was being operated by 45-year-old Kelly Peterson, of Lake View.

Peterson was traveling south on M-54 (Sierra Ave), when a deer ran on to the roadway and in the path of his cycle. Peterson was thrown from the machine and was transported by ambulance to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, in Storm Lake. The Harley Davidson motorcycle ended up in the east ditch and sustained an estimated $5,000 in damage.