Man Killed in Northern Minnesota Dirt Bike Crash
PINE RIVER -- A Minneapolis man is dead after two dirt bike motorcycles collided on a northern Minnesota trail.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office says emergency personnel were called out to the Foot Hills State Forest near Pine River at around 6:20 p.m. Friday.
Authorities say 24-year-old Jackson Snidarich was heading south on the Bull Moose Trail when he rounded a corner, started to slide and collided with a northbound bike driven by 32-year-old Beau Pearcy of Rice.
Lifesaving efforts on Snidarich were performed but he died at the scene. Pearcy suffered non-life threatening injuries but was not taken to the hospital.
The sheriff's office says both men were wearing helmets at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.