MEDICINE LODGE, KS. (THECOUNT) — Brandon Husband and Lynn Husband, of Fowler, Kansas, have been identified as the victims in a double-fatal motorcycle crash near Medicine Lodge, Kansas Saturday.
The couple died in a crash after a vulture flew into the path of their motorcycle which was traveling on rural road 13 miles northwest of the Barber County town of Medicine Lodge.
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The bird strike caused the motorcycle to exit the roadway and strike a barbed wire fence.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the bird exited a ditch Saturday afternoon and struck 42-year-old Brandon Husband, in the head.
The patrol says Husband died at the scene, and his wife, 43-year-old Lynn Husband, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Neither was wearing a helmet, reports Fox4KC.
fox4kc is reporting the female victim as “Jennifer Husband,” however, TheCount.com has learned she is referred to a “Lynn Husband.”
Geo quick facts: Medicine Lodge is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,009 – Wikipedia.