Motorcyclist dies in crash at Highway 61, Interstate 494
NEWPORT, Minn. -- The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist died in a crash Friday evening in the east metro.
A motorcycle crashed on Highway 61 at Interstate 494 in Newport around 6 p.m., according to the state patrol.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
The motorcyclist was identified as Brian Paul Cahalan, 49, of Woodbury.
Cahalan was traveling northbound on Highway 61 when he took the ramp to 494 and went off the roadway into the ditch. He was not wearing a helmet.
