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Motorcyclist dies after Hwy 12 crash
By the Associated Press

The owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership in North Carolina has died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash near Lolo.

Clifton “Click” Baldwin, 54, died Tuesday evening at St. Patrick Hospital after undergoing surgery, said Capt. Greg Hintz with the Missoula County Sheriff's Office.

The Montana Highway Patrol said a motorcycle driven by Baldwin was westbound in a no-passing zone on U.S. Highway 12 near Lolo Tuesday morning when he tried to pass a car that had slowed down and signaled a left turn. The motorcycle crashed into the back of the car.

Baldwin and 14 members of the Hamsters Motorcycle Club were traveling to Sturgis, S.D., for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Baldwin was owner of the Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell motorcycle dealership in Gastonia, N.C.

Also Tuesday, a man from Tacoma, Wash., died in a motorcycle crash near Lodge Grass. Officials say 58-year-old Lannie Scearay was westbound on Interstate 90 in a construction zone, when his rear tire blew out and he lost control of his motorcycle. He was pronounced dead at a Billings hospital. His name hasn't been released.


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