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Motorcycle Crash Victim Named

Price county officials have released the name of the motorcycle crash victim Monday in the town of Lake.

The driver was identified as 71 year old Gary Cooley of Park Falls.

The sheriff's department reports Cooley's motorcycle went out of control on county road "E" about 1 p.m. The motorycycle was traveling west when it veered off the road and overturned.

Cooley was taken to a Marshfield hospital where he died Tuesday.

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