An Elkhart man is injured after striking a deer with his motorcycle early Wednesday morning.

It happened just before 1:30 a.m. on M-62 near Pine Lake Street in Cass County, Michigan.

Cass County Dispatch received a 911 call about the motorcycle crash from a passerby who had picked up the injured rider and drove him to a local hospital.

Police report the rider was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. His condition was not released.