ID'd: Motorcyclist who died after hitting deer in NW Wisconsin

The rider died four days later at a Twin Cities hospital.

May 27, 2018 at 5:56PM

A motorcyclist who struck a deer on a two-lane highway in western Wisconsin and died has been identified.

Peter L. Heckman, 55, of Cumberland, Wis., was riding west on County Road E. in Polk County about 9:30 a.m. on May 14, when he hit the animal, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.

Heckman died four days later at North Memorial Medical Center, the examiner's office said.

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