Motorcycle Crash in Pine County Injures One, Kills Black Bear

A motorcyclist was hurt and a black bear was killed when the two collided on an interstate in east central Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol says 48-year-old Edmund Hanson of Brook Park was northbound on I-35 in Pine County when he hit the bear Friday.

He was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.

The patrol says his injuries aren’t life threatening.