Southeast Minnesota Motorcycle-Deer Crash Sends Man to Hospital
Winona, MN (KROC-AM News)- Another Minnesota motorcyclist has been hospitalized after colliding with a deer.
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The latest deer-motorcycle collision occurred in Winona County. The State Patrol responded to the collision on Hwy. 61 just south of Winona around 6:30 Thursday morning.
The state crash report indicates the collision happened in the northbound lanes of the four-lane highway. The motorcycle operator has been identified as 56-year-old Donald Gale Brown of Winona.
Brown’s injuries are being described as non-life-threatening. He was taken to a Winona Hospital for further treatment.
Brown was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. The Winona County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the deer-motorcycle crash.
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