Motorcyclist hits fish house and is killed in 3-vehicle crash on Minnesota highway

The motorcyclist hit the fish house as it was being towed by a pickup driver.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 28, 2024 at 12:35PM

A motorcyclist set off a three-vehicle crash on a central Minnesota highway and was killed, officials said Monday.

The wreck occurred about 10:40 p.m. Sunday north of Royalton on Hwy. 10, the State Patrol said.

According to the patrol:

The motorcyclist was heading east on Hwy. 10 and struck a fish house being pulled by a pickup truck driver. The motorcyclist, a 27-year-old man from Sauk Rapids, Minn., was thrown from his bike and struck a median pillar.

A car heading in the same direction hit the motorcycle.

Occupying the pickup were a 46-year-old driver from Rice, Minn., and a 43-year-old passenger, also from Rice. The car’s driver, a 34-year-old woman from Cobalt, was her vehicle’s only occupant.

Identities of all the people involved in the crash have yet to be released, and there is no word yet on whether anyone was injured other than the motorcyclist.

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