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 Maine State Trooper Corey Huckins said Jeffrey Russell of Hartford was riding with a friend on Route 117 in Buckfield on Sunday afternoon when a wild turkey flew straight into his chest, knocking him backward off his motorcycle. Huckins said the impact was like "hitting a bowling ball at 45 mph."
Police said Russell was knocked unconscious and flown in a medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Russell's riding companion was not injured, but the turkey was killed in the accident.
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