Minnesota Records Four Motorcycle Deaths Over Three Days

Four motorcyclists died in separate crashes across Minnesota within a three‑day span. Seventeen‑year‑old Brody Oltz was killed in Benton County when his bike collided with a silage wagon pulled by a tractor as he attempted to pass the farm equipment. Seventy‑one‑year‑old Dale Donald Sibbet died in Scott County after leaving the roadway on a curve and striking an embankment; investigators noted possible drug or alcohol impairment. Twenty‑six‑year‑old Damon Saponari was pronounced dead in Rochester after his motorcycle hit an SUV at a highway interchange. Twenty‑eight‑year‑old Jeremiah Thomas Miller Hurley died in Hastings when his bike collided with an SUV at the Hwy 61/Hwy 95 interchange. The incidents highlight a recent spike in motorcycle fatalities in the state.