Motorcycle passenger dies in deer collision in NW Minnesota

Published 10:21 am Monday, September 28, 2015

CROOKSTON, Minn. — One person is dead and another injured after a motorcycle collided with a deer in northwestern Minnesota.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on a county road northeast of Crookston about 8:45 p.m. Saturday.

The sheriff’s office says a 43-year-old woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle was killed. The motorcycle’s 44-year-old operator was hospitalized.

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