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MnDOT worker finds motorcyclist dead hours after crash on Highway 36

MnDOT worker finds motorcyclist dead hours after crash on Highway 36
MnDOT worker finds motorcyclist dead hours after crash on Highway 36 00:25

NORTH ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Authorities say a motorcyclist who died in a crash Wednesday evening wasn't discovered until hours later when a worker came to repair a guardrail damaged in the crash.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 41-year-old Cameron Dahm hit the center median on Highway 36 near McKnight Road in North St. Paul around 6:45 p.m.

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No 911 calls came in about the crash, the patrol said. A Minnesota Department of Transportation worker found Dahm around 1 a.m. when they arrived to fix the guardrail.

Dahm died at the scene. The state patrol said he was not wearing a helmet.

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