Two dirt-bikers injured

COEUR d’ALENE — Two dirt bike riders were injured in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon while trail riding on Canfield Mountain.

According to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call on Sunday around 3 p.m. The caller reported two motorcycles had hit each other head-on while traveling down one of the motorcycle trails near the Nettleton Gulch trailhead.

Members from the KCSO and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue responded to the location via utility task vehicles, or UTVs.

Deputies identified the riders as Erik Lewerenz, 42, of Coeur d'Alene and Nicholas Boston, 23, of Spokane.

Both subjects were transported from the woods by medical personnel to an awaiting UTV where they were transferred to an awaiting ambulance. The two injured riders were then taken to Kootenai Health for treatment inuries that were not life-threatening.

The accident is still under investigation but it appears that alcohol was not a factor.