Motorcyclist dead after crash in Steele County

Cory Knudsen KSTP

One person is dead after a crash in Steele County on Thursday afternoon.

According to a Minnesota State Patrol incident report, a Saturn L300 and a Honda motorcycle were traveling north on Highway 218 in Blooming Prairie at 11:54 a.m. when they collided.

State Patrol said 57-year-old Darren Samuel Thomas from Austin, MN was identified as the one driving the motorcycle and died as a result of the crash.

Three people in the Saturn, a 21-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, were uninjured.