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Rochester man identified as victim in fatal motorcycle crash

ROCHESTER, MN (KROC-AM News) – A Rochester man was killed in a motorcycle accident in southeastern Minnesota Thursday evening.

It happened in Winona County. The State Patrol responded to the death shortly after 6 p.m

The motorcycle crashed on the highway. 74 about a mile south of I-90. 61-year-old Ross Anthony Stensrud was identified as a motorcyclist.

Stensrud was traveling north on the two-lane highway when he veered off the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the state accident report states.

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The State Patrol says the Rochester man was not wearing a helmet and that alcohol was a factor in the fatal crash.

Photo from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

The Winona County Sheriff's Office. The St. Charles Police Department and the St. Charles Fire Department also responded to the fatal motorcycle accident.

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