Woman dies after ambulance and motorcycle crash in Blaine
UPDATE (Aug. 9, 2023): The Hennepin County Medical Examiner says one of the people involved in the crash died. What follows is a revised version of the original story.
BLAINE, Minn. -- A woman who was injured in a crash involving a motorcycle and an ambulance in late July died days later.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, shortly before 5 p.m. on July 22, an Allina ambulance was traveling northbound on Highway 65 in Blaine with lights and sirens activated when the staff was canceled. The ambulance was in the left turn lane for 109th Avenue at the time.
The staff received another call for service and re-activated their lights and sirens before attempting to make a right turn to go eastbound on 109th Avenue.
The ambulance then struck a Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling northbound on Highway 65, causing it to slide and come into contact with two other vehicles, the state patrol says.
Both riders of the motorcycle were transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The motorcyclists were identified as a 57-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, both from Isanti. Neither was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
The woman, Loretta Egge, died on July 25 from injuries sustained in the crash.
Another woman involved in the crash had minor injuries.