Passenger Airlifted After Motorcycle Strikes Deer in Ontario County

A red and black Mercy Flight helicopter hovers above the ground near a white emergency vehicle, with bare trees in the background.
A Mercy Flight helicopter prepares for takeoff or landing at the scene of an emergency in upstate New York.

A woman was airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight Tuesday night after the motorcycle she was a passenger on hit a deer in Ontario County.

27-year-old Carly Digrande, of Seneca Falls, suffered a head injury following the accident in the area of State Route 364 and County Road 1 in Gorham.

The driver of the motorcycle was not injured.

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