Hutchinson Man Injured in Meeker County Crash

A Hutchinson man was injured when he swerved his motorcycle to avoid a collision with an SUV in Meeker County Tuesday afternoon in Darwin.

The State Patrol says 49-year-old Carl Melin was taken to Meeker Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the SUV, 72-year-old Thomas Carlson of Darwin, was not injured.

Melin was eastbound on Highway 12 when he swerved to avoid the SUV that was northbound on County Road 4 just after 4pm.

The Patrol says the vehicles did not make contact.