State police respond to a motorcyclist crash on General Miller's Highway in Temple Tuesday morning.
State police respond to a motorcyclist crash on General Miller's Highway in Temple Tuesday morning. Credit: Staff photo by Meghan Pierce—

A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash on General Miller Highway in Temple Tuesday morning.

“The operator was trying to avoid a porcupine that was coming out of the woods and failed to navigate the slowdown,” Wilton Police Chief Eric Olesen said on scene.

Olesen said the drive is “OK” but was taken to the hospital.

State police are investigating, he said.