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Belle Plaine woman who died in motorcycle crash identified

Jessica Lynae Peterson crashed her motorcycle in Carver County on Tuesday.

October 24, 2021 at 10:41PM
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A woman who fatally crashed her motorcycle Tuesday in Carver County has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

Jessica Lynae Peterson, 30, of Belle Plaine, died of multiple blunt force injuries after veering off the road and crashing.

The wreck occurred about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in San Francisco Township on County Road 40 just east of Hwy. 25, according to the Carver County Sheriff's Office.

Peterson, the only person on the motorcycle, had been heading east on County Road 40 just north of Belle Plaine. She was taken by emergency medical responders to St. Francis Regional Medical Center, where she died.

Erin Adler • 612-673-1781

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Erin Adler is a suburban reporter covering Dakota and Scott counties for the Minnesota Star Tribune, working breaking news shifts on Sundays. She previously spent three years covering K-12 education in the south metro and five months covering Carver County.

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