9 Deaths on Minnesota Roads in 6 Days

Brooklyn Center, MN (KROC-AM News) - The death toll on Minnesota roadways continues to mount.

A day after six people perished in crashes on roadways throughout the state, including two young children in a multi-vehicle wreck in the northern Minnesota highway construction zone, police in Brooklyn Center are reporting a fatal motorcycle crash. The deadly incident was reported about 2 PM Thursday.

A preliminary report indicates Brooklyn Center officers responded to a 911 call reporting an accident involving a motorcyclist and found an unconscious adult male "bleeding profusely." A news release says the officers performed lifesaving measures on the motorcyclist, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting with the investigation.

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Since Saturday, there have been 9 traffic fatalities in Minnesota. One of the victims was a Rochester man. 76-year-old Lonnie Miller was killed in a rollover crash on I-90 in Faribault Wednesday morning.

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