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1 dead, 2 injured in Marquette Co. motorcycle crash

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MARQUETTE CO. (NBC 26) — One person is dead and two injured after a motorcycle crash Sunday morning.

It happened on Highway 23 west of County Road AA in Marquette County around 10:30 a.m.

The Marquette Co. Sheriff's Office said a 67-year-old Portage man driving a motorized bicycle was turning left into a property along the highway. That's when he crossed paths with a motorcycle driver who was unable to stop in time and the vehicles crashed.

The Portage man died from the crash. The motorcycle driver, a 57-year-old man from Baraboo had non-life threatening injuries; his passenger, a 57-year-old female was flown to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The Wisconsin State Patrol will continue investigating the crash.

Names are being withheld until family members are notified. No further information was provided.