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Bigfork Teenager Killed in Motorcycle Accident

An 18-year-old Bigfork man died Sunday after he was ejected from his motorcycle on Highway 35

By Maggie Dresser

An 18-year-old Bigfork man died Sunday evening after he was ejected from his motorcycle on Montana Highway 35, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

On July 2 at 8:53 p.m. the motorcyclist was driving northbound at mile marker 30 on Highway 35 near Village Lane in Bigfork when he clipped the back of Lexus SUV while driving at a high rate of speed. He was ejected from the Yamaha FZ09 and later died at the hospital.

The occupants of the Lexus were not injured.