A motorcyclist was hospitalized for potentially serious injuries after striking a wooden fence post 8 p.m. Saturday on Allegheny Road, Bedford.

Kenneth J. Davidson, 59, was thrown from the motorcycle after striking a wooden fence connected to a high tensile electrical wire, a police report stated. The motorcycle continued to travel, striking a calf in a grassy field. Davidson was transported from the scene by Shawnee EMS to UPMC Altoona.