HASTINGS, Mich. - The Michigan State Police says that a man involved in a motorcycle accident may not live.
It happened around 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22 on Norris Road, just north of 4 Mile Road in Prairieville Township in Barry County.
Troopers were initially dispatched the area on a report of motorcycle crash. Investigation determined the motorcyclist, identified at 33-year-old Justin Skaggs from Battle Creek, struck a deer that entered the road in front of him.
Skaggs was airlifted Spectrum Butterworth in Grand Rapids, but a hospital social worker told authorities that he was going to be taken off life support and that he was not expected to survive the injuries from the accident.
Neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be a factor in the crash, according to a release. But MSP says the incident is still under investigation.
Barry Township PD, Delton and Prairieville Fire Depts, Pride Care EMS, and Aeromed assisted at the scene.
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