Authorities on Saturday identified the motorcyclist was died in a crash in northwestern Wisconsin.
Richard J. Larson, from rural Boyceville, Wis., was traveling east on County Road V near 490th Street in Sheridan Township about 12:40 a.m. Friday, when he left the road on a curve and crashed into a ditch, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office said.
Emergency responders declared Larson dead at the scene about 15 miles south of Barron.
Authorities have yet to say whether Larson was wearing a helmet.
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