2 injured in collision of motorcycle, dirt bike

By KOMO Staff

Summary

Two people were injured - one of them critically - when a chopper-style motorcycle collided with a small dirt bike Saturday night on a country road outside Cle Elum.

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Story Published: Jul 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM PST

Story Updated: Jul 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM PST

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CLE ELUM, Wash. - Two people were injured - one of them critically - when a chopper-style motorcycle collided with a small dirt bike Saturday night on a country road outside Cle Elum.

Deputies responded to the scene, in the 6600 block of Westside Road about 1 1/2 miles west of Mohar Road, at about 10 p.m., said Kittitas County Undersheriff Clayton Myers.

Myers said a 57-year-old Issaquah man was riding his Custom Chopper motorcycle west on Westside Road when he collided head-on with a dirt bike that was being ridden east by a 25-year-old Lake Tapps man.

The dirt bike rider was not wearing a helmet and suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was listed in critical condition early Sunday.

The chopper motorcyclist sustained a broken leg. He was taken to Harborview, where he is listed in stable condition.