Sibley County Sheriff’s Office

• Responded to an injury crash involving a motorcycle and sport utility vehicle (SUV) near the intersection of Highway 25 and 261st Ave. (CR 14), Faxon Township, about two miles north of Belle Plaine at 10:20 a.m. May 7.

James Eckerdt, 57, rural St. Peter, was westbound on Highway 25 on his 1990 Harley Davidson motorcycle that collided with a 2019 Nissan Rogue driven by Joni Forrest, 69, Belle Plaine, who turned onto Highway 25 from CR 14.

Forrest sustained minor non-life threatening injuries and was assessed on-scene by ambulance personnel but not transported. Eckerdt did not wear a helmet and had possible life-threatening injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital, then flown by helicopter to a Twin Cities hospital.

Assisting agencies included the Minnesota State Patrol, Belle Plaine Fire Department and Ridgeview Ambulance.