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One dead after motorcycle crash

Posted at 10:44 PM, Jun 16, 2018
and last updated 2018-06-16 23:44:55-04

On Saturday just before 03:00 PM, the Calumet County Sheriff’s Department got a report of a single vehicle motorcycle crash on CTH JJ, just west of Long Lake Rd. in the Town of Rantoul.

Deputies say a motorcycle heading westbound driven by a 50-year-old male from Whitelaw lost control and left the road while trying to turn.

They say the driver and a 36-year-old passenger were ejected.

The driver died on scene. The passenger was sent to Gold Cross to Aurora Hospital in Two Rivers.

The crash is still under investigation.