An Edmond woman was flown by a medical helicopter after her motorcycle collided with a front end loader on Tuesday afternoon.
The Guthrie Fire Department was dispatched to one mile west of County Line Road (near Meridian) on Highway 105 just before 2 p.m. with a report of an injured motorcyclist.
According to a trooper with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Megan Ruess, 35, was driving westbound on a 2007 Honda CVR motorcycle when she came over a hill crest and encountered a construction zone where a Caterpillar 420F Front End Loader was operating.
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Ruess, who was wearing a helmet, braked and swerved to avoid entering the construction zone and lost control of the motorcycle. Witnesses at the scene say, Ruess thought the heavy piece of equipment was coming onto the highway when she began to swerve and avoid contact.
The motorcycle struck the backhoe. Luckily, Ruess was not struck by the backhoe, but the trooper says she overturned an unknown number of times.
Guthrie EMS treated Ruess at the scene and was mediflighted to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was admitted in critical condition with trunk, external, arm and leg injuries.
The operator of the backhoe, Leaann Kessen, 46, of Crescent was not injured.
The trooper lists the cause of collision as inattentive.
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