Big Lake Motorcycle Crash Sends Man to Hospital

BIG LAKE -- A St. Michael man was hurt in a motorcycle crash Monday morning.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 10 and 168th Street in Big Lake.

Twenty-four-year-old Austin Koeppe was heading west on Highway 10 on his motorcycle, at the same time an SUV driven by 28-year-old Emily Olson of Elk River was going through the intersection at 168th Street when the two collided.

Koeppe was taken to Mercy Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He was wearing a helmet during the crash. Olson was not hurt.