By Associated Press - Sunday, August 12, 2018

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Minot police have identified a 22-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a crash with a sport utility vehicle.

The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Friday at an intersection in Minot.

Police say Jacob Ellis of Minot was killed when his Suzuki motorcycle collided with a GMC Yukon with seven occupants, driven by a 41-year-old Minot man.

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Ellis was thrown from his motorcycle and was pronounced dead shortly after the crash.

Both vehicles caught fire. Several occupants of the SUV sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were taken by personal vehicle to a Minot hospital.

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