Actor James Caviezel was hurt with cuts an bruises when a Wenatchee man hurled a bicycle into the path of his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 14 miles south-east of Leavenworth.

Caviezel acted in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” as Jesus. He was injured in the afternoon on Thursday. Trooper Rich Magnussen of the Washington State Patrol said that the actor was taken to Cascade Medical Center for treatment of cuts and bruises.

Magnussen sayid that James Caviezel was wearing a helmet, and added that, “it could have been a lot worse.” The trooper says he does not know what the actor was doing in Leavenworth. Caviezel was born in Mount Vernon, Wash.

The Troopers have no idea why the man tossed his bike into James Caviezel’s path. The investigation findings are to be forwarded to the Chelan County prosecutor’s office for possible charges against the Wenatchee man (was was 42 years old).