Big Lake Man Hurt in Motorcycle Crash Near Clearwater

LYNDEN TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- A motorcycle crash sent a Big Lake man to the hospital on Saturday evening.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a crash with injuries just after 6:30 p.m. Deputies responded to the intersection of County Road 145 and 180th Street in Lynden Township. The location is approximately four miles southwest of Clearwater.

Deputies arrived to find 35-year-old Kyle Erickson with severe injuries.

The sheriff's office says Erickson was westbound on County Road 145 when he failed to negotiate a curve, laid the bike down, entered the ditch, and struck a road sign.

Erickson was taken to St. Cloud Hospital by Mayo Ambulance. His condition is unknown.

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