SPOONER, Wis. (NWN) — A motorcycle rider was killed on Highway 63 in Spooner on Monday morning.
The State Patrol said a pickup stopped on DMV Road to turn north onto Highway 63. At the same time, a pickup pulling a boat and trailer, was using the right turn lane to turn off of Highway 63 and onto DMV road.
Behind the trailer was a motorcycle driving south. As the first pickup crossed traffic to turn north, it struck the motorcycle, resulting in a crash.
The rider, a 34-year-old man from Shell Lake was transported to Spooner Health hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The pickup driver, a 43-year-old man from Sarona, was not injured.
Names were not released at this time and the crash was under investigation by the state patrol.