2 die in Friday crashes on Minnesota roads

Two people died Friday in separate incidents on Minnesota roads.

An unidentified man was killed Friday night when he ran in front of a semitrailer truck on southbound Hwy. 52 near NW. 75th Street in Rochester, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The incident happened at 9:04 p.m., the patrol said.

The semi driver, Nuriddin Tahirovich Amonov, 39, of Westmont, Ill., was not hurt. He was wearing a seat belt and alcohol was not a factor, the patrol said.

The patrol has not released the name of the pedestrian.

Earlier Friday, a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a pickup truck in Yellow Medicine County's Stony Run Township.

Steven Thomas Weber, 56, of Hudson, Wis., was killed when his Harley, westbound on Hwy. 212, was hit by a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup that was entering westbound Hwy. 212 from 490th Street (Yellow Medicine County Road 7).

Weber died at the scene, the patrol said. He was not wearing a helmet.

The pickup driver, James Dean Stavne, 27, of Granite Falls, Minn., was not hurt.

His passengers, Nancy Ontiveros, 24, and an infant girl also were not hurt.