Rushford, MN (KROC-AM News) - A motorcycle crash yesterday in Fillmore County took the life of an Eyota man.

The State Patrol says 65-year-old Ronald Clark was attempting to round a curve on Highway 16 between Rushford and Peterson when he lost control and crashed into the ditch. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene after first responders arrived at the crash site shortly before 3:30 pm.

It was the sixth fatality from a motorcycle crash in Minnesota since Friday evening when an off-duty Blaine Police Officer and his wife were killed in a crash near the Twin Cities.

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