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Motorcycle Passenger Dies in Deer Collision in NW Minnesota
CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) - One person is dead and another injured after a motorcycle collided with a deer in northwestern Minnesota.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened on a county road northeast of Crookston about 8:45 p.m. Saturday.
The sheriff's office says a 43-year-old woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle was killed. The motorcycle's 44-year-old operator was hospitalized.
The names of the two people have not yet been released.
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