ALMA, Wis. – An Alma driver has been charged with negligent homicide for the deaths of two motorcyclists. Luke Larson, age 35, is quoted in the criminal complaint as admitting to being in the wrong lane of U.S. Highway 35 as he was rounding a curve. Killed were two Minnesota men — Mark Holzer, 59, of Rochester, and Brian Shank, 59, of Chatfield. A third biker, from Rushford, suffered bruises. The accident was about 10:40 a.m. on September 27 at Markey Bluff Road south of Nelson. According to the criminal complaint, Larson’s pickup was northbound into Nelson on his way to work 50 miles away in Rochester. He told police that he tried to avoid the southbound bikers but was too late.
