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UPDATE: Morrisville Man Airlifted to Upstate After Being Struck on East Lake Road

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

Madison County Sheriff's deputies continue investigating an accident on East Lake Road that sent a Morrisville man to the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse by helicopter Tuesday night.

Michael H. Liddle, 27, of 55 E. Main St., Morrisville is in critical condition at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse after being struck by a car while walking on East Lake Road.

A statement from the Sheriff's Department this morning said the man was struck by a car driven southbound by Mark Ohl, 49, of Brookview Drive in the village. The statement said Ohl was unable to avoid hitting the man "... when the victim appeared in the driving lane." Ohl has not be charged.

Members of the Hamilton Fire Department treated the man at the scene. He is said to have had head, facial and possible spinal injuries. He was transported by the Madison Ambulance Service to Morrisville, where they met the Onondaga County Sheriff's medi-vac helicopter.

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