Updated at 10:10 p.m. with names of drivers, more details

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. -- A slow-moving tractor trailer struck a motorcycle and pushed the bike and its rider about 150 feet under the front bumper until another motorist alerted the truck driver, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies said tonight.

The motorcyclist, 27-year-old Steven McGill, of Brewerton, was sent to Upstate University Hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, Sgt. Jon Seeber said.

The accident occurred at about 6:36 p.m. on Vine Street near the intersection with Oswego Street in the village of Liverpool.

A Wegmans delivery tractor trailer began to travel southbound on Vine Street after the traffic light turned green at the intersection with Oswego Street, deputies said. The tractor trailer struck a 2006 Suzuki motorcycle in front of it, which the driver of the tractor trailer did not see, deputies said.

The operator of the tractor trailer, 63-year-old John Ries, of Rochester continued to push the motorcycle and its rider approximately 150 feet until another motorist alerted the truck driver, deputies said. McGill was unable to get off the motorcycle because its was wedged under the tractor trailer's front bumper, deputies said.

McGill sustained minor abdominal and leg injuries and was transported to Upstate University Hospital, Seeber said.

Ries, the driver of the tractor trailer, was ticketed for following too closely. He was not injured. McGill was ticketed for operating out of class, Seeber said.

Rescue personnel from the Liverpool Fire Department and AMR also responded to the accident.