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Motorcyclist Collides With Deer In Carroll County

TANEYTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Officials say a motorcyclist has been taken to the hospital after colliding with a deer in Carroll County.

The Carroll County Sheriff's office says officers were called to the area of Route 194 and Brown Road in Taneytown on Monday around 9:30 a.m.

The sheriff's office says the motorcyclist was unable to avoid a collision with the deer. The motorist was identified as Timothy Cassidy from Hanover, Pa. Cassidy, 38, was taken to the hospital in a helicopter. The sheriff's office says Cassidy was conscious at the scene, but the extent of his injury was not known.

The deer died as a result of the collision.

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