HUNTINGTON — A 55-year-old Warsaw man died when he was thrown from a motorcycle in a crash Saturday afternoon, the Huntington County coroner said.

Harold L. Brandenburg died of blunt impact injuries to his body, and his death was ruled accidental, a news release said.

Brandenburg was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle north on SR 5 about 1/4 mile north of County Road 600N at about 11:55 a.m. Saturday.

He struck a guardrail after he failed to navigate a curve in the road, the news release said.

Brandenburg, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle, which came to rest on the embankment on the east side of Indiana 5.

Brandenburg was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

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WARREN — A motorist died Saturday afternoon on I-69 after slamming into the back of a truck parked on the shoulder of the road.

The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-69 in Huntington County near the town of Warren, according to Huntington County Sheriff’s Office.

According to police, eyewitnesses said the driver of a Tesla was using the shoulder to pass vehicles on the interstate at high speed. 

The semi had been parked on the shoulder of an exit ramp for an extended time before the crash happened, police said.

Both northbound lanes were closed for about two hours afterward.

No other serious injuries were reported.

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COLUMBIA CITY — Wildlife experts have begun relocating lots of largemouth bass from one lake to another in northern Indiana.

The Indiana DNR says the population of largemouth bass from Tri-Lakes in Whitley County has started to have overcrowding issues, so they are catching a good portion of undersized largemouth bass in the lakes and relocating them to Roush Lake in Huntington County.

As of Monday, the DNR says they have caught around 500 largemouth bass and plans to relocate 1,000 fish each of the next five years.

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