Woman Dies in Motorcycle Vs. Deer Collision

A Clearbrook woman is dead after the motorcycle she was riding on ran into a deer in Clearwater County.  On Saturday afternoon, July 1st, the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office took a call about a motorcycle crash that happened near the intersection of Clearwater Lake Road and Lumberjack Rd NW in Sinclair Township.  Officers from the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office and the Clearbrook/Gonvick Police Department along with the Clearbrook Fire Department and Bagley Sanford Ambulance responded to the location. It was reported that a deer had run onto the road and was hit by a motorcycle driven by 57-year-old Michael Allen Paulson of Clearbrook. Paulson was brought to the Bagley Sanford Medical Center where he was treated and released. But the passenger on the motorcycle, 57-year-old Larae Lynn Martine, also from Clearbrook, passed away from injuries sustained in the crash. The accident remains under investigation.