Minnesota’s Latest Motorcycle Crash Victim Identified
St. Cloud, MN (KROC-AM News) - St. Cloud police have identified the victim of one of the three fatal crashes that occurred in Minnesota on Tuesday.
Officials say the victim was driving one of two motorcycles that collided while the motorcyclists were headed east on a busy four-lane street next to a shopping center, which caused one of the drivers to lose control. St. Cloud police say 19-year-old Kaden Johnson of Waite Park ended up crashing into a traffic signal pole and suffered fatal injuries.
The second motorcyclist, 27-year-old William Woodruff of Clara City, was transported to a hospital in St. Cloud to be treated for minor injuries.
One of the other fatal crashes occurred on I-90 just south of Rochester shortly after 5 PM and claimed the life of a Chicago man.
READ MORE: State Patrol Confirms Fatal Crash on I-90 Near Rochester
The third traffic death was in Cottage Grove where an elderly Hastings woman was killed when she turned left into the path of another vehicle on Highway 61.
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