By Beacon Staff
A Burlington man was injured in a motorcycle accident on Saturday (April 3).
According to the Burlington Police Department, Matthew Stephen Garwood, 43, was driving south on Tama Road at about 3 p.m. when he hit his brakes to avoid a deer. Garwood lost traction, and the bike skidded on the side, flipped over, and struck an embankment.
A passerby found Garwood on the roadway and called for help. Garwood was taken by ambulance for treatment at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.