A motorcyclist was injured Tuesday afternoon in a near-miss incident with an SUV in the Meeker County community of Darwin.
The Minnesota State Patrol reports the crash happened just after 4 PM on Highway 12 at North 1st Street in Darwin.
Officials say a Chevy Tahoe SUV was northbound on County Road 14, while the Harley Davidson motorcycle was eastbound on Highway 12. The cycle swerved to avoid collision with the SUV. The vehicles did not collide, but the motorcyclist, 49-year-old Carl Melin of Hutchinson suffered non-life threatening injuries when he laid the bike down. He was treated at the Meeker County Memorial Hospital in Litchfield.
The driver of the SUV, 72-year-old Thomas Carlson of Darwin, was not injured.
The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, the Dassel Fire and Rescue, and Mayo Ambulance assisted at the scene.
