MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio -- A Sidney cycle rider told Miami County deputies that he hit one of four deer that leaped into the path of his motorcycle Monday night, causing him to wreck.

It happened in the 10,000 block of Casstown-Fletcher Road, north of Fletcher in Miami County.

Rick Hickman, 51, Sidney, was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center near Troy for treatment of his injuries. People at the scene told Sgt. Mike Whaley from the sheriff's department that Hickman is an assistant basketball coach at Miami East High School.

Investigators said that Hickman was not wearing a helmet.