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7-year-old Salem boy injured in motorcycle crash

The Columbian
Published: July 14, 2011, 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A 7-year-old Salem boy is in a Portland hospital with injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident.

The Marion County sheriff’s office says he was riding the small dirt bike on his grandparents’ property Wednesday afternoon and swerved onto a road into the path of a pickup truck. His injuries are described as serious. He was wearing a helmet.

The boy was treated at a Salem emergency room and flown to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland.

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