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Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crashing Into Fence: MCFRS

Authorities said the dirt bike crash occurred in Gaithersburg, near the Extra Space Storage facility.

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A motorcyclists suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Wednesday after crashing a dirt bike into a fence, officials said.
A motorcyclists suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Wednesday after crashing a dirt bike into a fence, officials said. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service)

GAITHERSBURG, MD — A person was hospitalized after crashing a dirt bike into a fence in Gaithersburg, officials said Thursday.

The incident occurred Wednesday and saw first responders dispatched to the Extra Space Storage facility at 26 W. Diamond Ave.

The dirt bike crash occurred at the Extra Space Storage facility in Gaithersburg. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service)

Pete Piringer, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said only the driver of the bike suffered injuries after crashing into a rod iron fence.

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The individual was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Officials did not release any information identifying the driver, the events that preceded the crash, or if the injured individual was the owner of the bike.

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