A motorcycle collision with a deer southeast of Hastings shortly after sunset left a 60-year-old passenger dead and the operator seriously injured, officials said.
The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. Monday at Ravenna Trail and Polk Avenue in Ravenna Township, the Dakota County Sheriff's Office said.
The female passenger died at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said. The motorcycle operator was being treated at Regions Hospital.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office identified the passenger as Terry D. Schmitz, of Eagan. The motorcycle's operator has yet to be identified.
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