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2 Minnesotans killed in western Wisconsin motorcycle crash

Two Minnesotans were killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday evening in western Wisconsin.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened just after 6 p.m. in Oak Grove Township, about 10 miles southeast of Hastings, Minnesota.

A 47-year-old Maplewood woman was traveling north on a motorcycle on State Road 35  when she collided with a motorcyclist traveling south.

The woman, identified as Tamitha Thein, was taken to the hospital where she died. 

The other motorcyclist — 26-year-old Evan Jorgenson of Cottage Grove — died on Thursday, the sheriff's office said.

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