Crime & Safety

Teen Hurt After Crashing Motorcycle At Oakland Co. Parking Deck: Cops

The teen crashed a motorcycle on the top level of the parking deck and fell four stories down to the ground level, according to police.

BIRMINGHAM, MI — A teenager was injured last Friday after he lost control of a motorcycle and went off the top level of a parking structure in Oakland County, according to police.

Officers found the 18-year-old West Bloomfield man lying on the sidewalk near the Park Street Parking Structure in Birmingham at 6:19 p.m. with people trying to provide him aid, according to police.

The teen was taken to a nearby hospital with severe injuries, according to police.

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Witnesses told police he was riding his friend's motorcycle on the top level of the parking deck and lost control and hit a barrier wall, throwing him over the edge and down four stories to the ground level, according to police.

No further information was released.

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Police were still investigating the incident.

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