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TOWN OF PORTERFIELD, Wis. -- A Crivitz, Wis., man died late Monday afternoon after his motorcycle crashed into the back of a vehicle in Marinette County.
The crash was reported about 4:40 p.m. Monday on State Highway 180 near Sequin Road in the Town of Porterfield, according to a news release from Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller. Brian Thoreson, 42, was traveling north on Highway 180 on a Harley-Davidson when he apparently failed to react in time to a vehicle in front of him that was slowing to stop for another vehicle turning left.
He then collided with the back of the vehicle, which was driven by a 66-year-old Marinette, Wis., woman. Thoreson, who was not wearing a helmet, had fatal injuries, according to the news release.
The crash remains under investigation by the Marinette County Sheriff's Office and the Marinette County Medical Examiner's Office. Also assisting at the scene were members of the Grover-Porterfield Fire Department and Aurora Medical Center -- Bay Area EMS.