Crime & Safety
Shirt Causes Rear Brake To Lock In Fatal Motorcycle Crash
The crash happened Saturday evening in southern Minnesota.
SHELDON TOWNSHIP, MN — The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorcyclist died in a crash Saturday evening caused by the rider's shirt.
John Lars Huston, 66, was traveling south on Highway 76 just after 5 p.m. when his shirt got caught in the rear brake of his Yamaha motorcycle, causing it to lock.
Huston was then thrown from his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet in the crash, authorities said.
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