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Man airlifted after motorcycle crash

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 9 years, 7 months AGO
| June 8, 2015 9:00 PM

A Coeur d'Alene man sustained a leg injury following a motorcycle crash on a forest service road Saturday afternoon.

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office reported that officers were flagged down around 3:40 p.m. on U.S. Forest Service Road 406 near U.S. Forest Service Road 612 east of Hayden Lake where Stephen E. Weidmaier, 38, had lost control of his off-road motorcycle. A Kootenai County Backcountry deputy, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue and Coeur d'Alene Fire responded to the scene.

Wiedmaier was airlifted from the scene by Life Flight and transported to Kootenai Health with non-life threatening injuries.

The crash is still under investigation. KCSO reported that alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor.

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