REDWOOD COUNTY, Minn. — The Redwood County Sheriff’s Office has identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash Saturday afternoon as 48-year-old Craig Michael Baune.

Deputies were dispatched at approximately 4:24 p.m. Saturday to the intersection of County State Aid Highway 46 and County State Aid Highway 8 for a report of a single motorcycle crash. Investigators say Baune lost control while negotiating a curve, entered the ditch and struck a road sign. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Minnesota State Patrol, CentraCare Ambulance, the Vesta Fire Department, Vesta First Responders and the Wood Lake Fire Department assisted at the scene.