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HUDSON, S.D. (AP) The Highway Patrol says two people died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car near the southeastern South Dakota town of Hudson.

The victims were identified as 53-year-old Donald Burdick of Hudson and 40-year-old Lori Mae Willette of Delavan, Minn.

The patrol says Burdick was driving a motorcycle that collided with a car on state Highway 46 west of Hudson about 5 p.m. Sunday.

Willette was a passenger on the motorcycle.

Authorities say the two people in the car were not hurt.

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