HASTINGS, Minn. — A woman who died after the motorcycle she was riding struck a deer Monday night near Hastings has been identified.
On Wednesday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the woman as 60-year-old Terry Schmitz of Eagan. The ME wrote Schmitz died from "multiple blunt force injuries."
Shortly following the accident Monday, the Dakota County Sheriff's Office told KARE 11 it received a call about the crash on Ravenna Trail and Polk Avenue shortly around 7 p.m.
First responders arrived at the scene of the crash in Ravenna Township and located two riders on the motorcycle.
Police said the female passenger, identified as Schmitz, died at the scene, and the driver "was seriously injured and transported to Regions Hospital."
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