TWISP, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol says a couple from St. Paul, Minn., were killed Sunday when their motorcycle collided with a car on Highway 20 east of Twisp.
The patrol identifies them as the 64-year-old driver, Ronald A. McKinley, and his 49-year-old passenger, Ann K. Johnson.
The Wenatchee World reports (http://bit.ly/19fVkwh) they were hit by an oncoming vehicle that crossed the centerline. The driver was a 25-year-old Omak woman who was injured and treated at a hospital.
The crash caused a grass fire that burned about a quarter-acre before firefighters put it out.
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