Motorcycle deaths highlight deadly week on Minnesota roads
A study by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety shows 122 people have died on Minnesota roads since Jan. 1, compared to 93 last year at this time. The last time Minnesota reached 122 fatalities by May 7 was in 2008 when 132 people died on Minnesota roads.
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Five motorcycle deaths highlight a deadly week on Minnesota roads, killing 12 people in the first six days of May.
Out of the 12 fatalities since May 1, four were speed related, three involved alcohol and two were unbelted motorists, according to preliminary figures from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety.
DPS details latest surge of deadly crashes on Minnesota roads
12 people died in the first six days of May.
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Driving-related deaths on Minnesota roads are rising at a blistering pace and the Department of Public Safety is again asking motorists to make good choices while traveling.
The alert comes after 12 people died in traffic crashes in the first six days of May, including five motorcyclists. What s more is that of the 12 deaths, four were speed-related, three involved alcohol or drugs and two were unbelted motorists.
The DPS tallied 122 deaths on Minnesota roads through May 6, which is well ahead of 2020 s pace when there were 93 deaths at the same point. Minnesota finished 2020 with 394 driving-related deaths, putting this year on pace to surpass 400 for the first time since 2015.
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A motorcyclist s death this week in Dakota County was the state s fifth such death in May, part of a pattern of increased deaths involving all kinds of vehicles on Minnesota roads.
Kou Yang, 31, of St. Paul, died at 7:25 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 3 at E. 82nd Street in Inver Grove Heights, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. He was heading north when he lost control on a curve, was thrown from his vehicle and struck a road sign.