A participant in the rodeo Wednesday night at the Lorain County Fair had to be LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after he was thrown from his horse and apparently kicked in the head.

Logan Kohler was participating in bareback bronc riding early in Wednesday night’s program when he was thrown from his horse just a second or so into his ride.

Paramedics on hand assisted him immediately.

He was breathing, an announcer said, but he didn’t appear to be able to move.

He “went out the back door” of the horse he was riding, the announcer said, and the horse “did make contact with the cowboy.”

He was placed on a stretcher and carried from the rodeo ring. His condition was not immediately available.

The fair event was part of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Heartland Prorodeo Series.

Contact Rona Proudfoot at rproudfoot@chroniclet.com, (440) 371-0792 or stop by to see her at the fair. She’s based at the WEOL booth and will be wandering the fairgrounds in a bright gold Chroniclet.com T-shirt.