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North Carolina Motorcycle dealer Click Baldwin died in Montana from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident that occurred on Tuesday morning.

Baldwin was riding through Montana with 14 other members of the Hamsters Motorcycle Club. The group was meeting other members for the 68th annual Sturgis Rally in Sturgis, S.D.

Click Baldwin was riding a 2009 Harley-Davidson in Lolo, Montana when he had a collision with a 1999 Honda Civic. Sources say he was trying to illegally pass the Honda through a double yellow line when the car turned left. He hit the rear of the car and was thrown from his motorcycle and hit the pavement and then a road sign. He was rushed to Missoula, MT hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Click Baldwin was pronounced dead around 11:30 EDT.

Click Baldwin is known for owning the Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell motorcycle dealership in Gastonia, NC. He is also known as a close friend of NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and others in the racing world. He supported many charitable organizations and fundraising events like Petty’s Annual Charity Ride, The Victory Junction Gang and the Speedway Children’s Charities.

Kyle Petty Statement on the Passing of Close Friend ‘Click’ Baldwin:

“Words cannot describe what “Click” Baldwin has meant to me, my family and the Victory Junction Gang Camp. Back in 1995, he and I, along with a few other close friends, were just a group of guys that wanted to ride our motorcycles across the country. We found out that we could raise some money for charity while doing it and the Kyle Petty Charity Ride was born.

While it had my name on it, “Click” was a driving force behind the ride. There has never been a more giving human being. He was more than a friend; he was like a brother to me. Please keep his wife Diane, his daughter Chelsea, his Mom, his brother and his Carolina Harley-Davidson family in your thoughts and prayers. We have lost a great one.”

Clifton “Click” Baldwin “will be missed across the globe,” Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell said in a Wednesday statement on the motorcycle dealership owner’s death. (click here to send condolences to family)

“Click’s avid passion for motorcycles and the freedom it represented afforded him and his family miles of memories,” Carolina Harley manager Doug Bisnette said in the statement. “This native ‘Belmont Boy’ (in his words) was always humbled and appreciative of the prosperity derived by his passion.”

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