MERRILL (WAOW) – Eight motorcycle riders – six of them women – were hurt in motorcycle crashes that occurred during Tomahawk’s 33rd annual fall motorcycle ride for muscular dystrophy, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday.
The six injury crashes left some riders hospitalized in critical condition but no deaths were reported, Lt. Tim Fisher said.
A year ago, four injury crashes occurred involving motorcycles, Fisher said.
Fisher estimated 10,000 to 30,000 motorcyclists attended this year’s rally, which started Thursday and wrapped up Sunday, as attendance may have been down somewhat due to cold and rainy conditions.
Two of the crashes involved motorcycles that hit each other because of animals in the road, the sheriff’s department said.
In one, a husband slowed to avoid some turkeys and his 43-year-old wife rear-ended him, investigators said. The crash threw her from her motorcycle.
Three people were hurt when one motorcycle slowed down due to a porcupine on the side of the road and it was rear-ended, investigators said.
As for so many women being hurt this year, the lieutenant said, “There are a lot of women driving motorcycles nowadays.”
One female driver was hurt when her motorcycle left a road because she took a corner too fast, the sheriff’s department said.
Fisher said deputies arrested five drivers for suspected drunken driving during the fall ride. One involved a motorcycle, he said.
Eight motorcyclists hurt during 33rd fall ride
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