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Motorcycle / Deer Injury Accident on SW 117th Road just South of State Highway 4
DATE & TIME: Saturday, June 27, 2015
LOCATION: SW 117th Road (One half mile south of State Hwy 4)
OFFENSE: Motorcycle / Deer Injury Accident
CASE #: 2015-2780
On June 27, 2015 at approximately 0840 hours, the Gage County Sheriff’s Office investigated an injury accident one and one half miles south of State Hwy 4 on SW. 117th Road (Ellis Blacktop).
Driver, William Thimm (63) of Beatrice was traveling north on S.W. 117th Road riding a 1997 Honda VT600 Motorcycle when a large buck came out of the east ditch. Thimm’s motorcycle struck the buck causing him and the bike to go down.
Thimm was transported to the Beatrice Community Hospital by a neighbor who witnessed the accident. Injuries sustained by Thimm included scrapes, bruises and serious road rash over his entire body.
Road conditions are not believed to be a factor in the accident. Thimm was wearing a motorcycle helmet. Neither alcohol nor drugs were believed to be a factor.
Rob Sandersfeld
Gage County Deputy Sheriff
Millard “Gus” Gustafson
Gage County Sheriff
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