Sheriff's Office Updates & Alerts - Stearns County, Minnesota
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320-251-4240  

Fatal Motorcycle Crash

On May 6, 2022, at approximately 5:57 PM the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received the report of a crash involving a motorcycle and truck pulling a trailer loaded with a skid steer.  The crash was on County Road 2 east of 79^th Ave in Brockway Township. This location is northeast of the city of St Stephen. The initial information was that a motorcycle had struck the trailer and that the motorcycle rider was severely injured.

The motorcycle, a Yamaha Street Bike, operated by Daniel Theisen, 31, of Rice, was traveling southbound on County Road 2 as the road began a sweeping curve towards the right. A 2015 Dodge Ram and trailer, driven by Sam Fleishhacker, 22, of Sartell, was traveling eastbound on County Road 2 as the road began the same curve to the left. As the two vehicles were negotiating the curve in the roadway the motorcycle struck the trailer. Theisen was the sole occupant of the motorcycle and was pronounced deceased on scene. Fleishhacker had no reported injuries. The crash remains under investigation by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. 

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Sartell Police Department, St Stephen Fire and Rescue and the Minnesota State Patrol, who is providing accident reconstruction. 

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