PINE ISLAND, Minn. — A motorcyclist from Rochester was airlifted 20 miles to a hospital after a crash with a road grader southwest of Pine Island. Olmsted County deputies said the grader had slowed to make a turn when the biker attempted to pass. The biker ended up the ditch with a leg fracture. He was helmeted, deputies said. Without explanation, Sheriff Kevin Torgerson declined to release the man’s name. It was known he man was 61 years old. The accident was at County Road 3 Northwest and County Road 105 Northwest.
