Harley dealership owner killed in motorcycle crash

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 30, 2008 at 2:55 PM MST

Story Updated: Jul 30, 2008 at 2:55 PM MST

MISSOULA - The owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership in North Carolina has died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in western Montana while on his way to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.

Missoula County officials say Clifton "Click" Baldwin died Tuesday evening in the intensive care unit at St. Patrick Hospital after undergoing surgery. The Montana Highway Patrol says a motorcycle driven by the 54-year-old Baldwin was westbound in a no-passing zone on U.S. Highway 12 near Lolo Tuesday morning when he tried to pass a car that had slowed down and signaled a left hand turn. The motorcycle crashed into the back of the car.

Baldwin and 14 members of the Hamster's Motorcycle Club were traveling to Sturgis, S.D. Baldwin was the owner of the Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell motorcycle dealership in Gastonia, N.C.

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