A teenage motorcyclist was killed in a collision with an SUV at a Burnsville intersection, officials said Friday.
The crash occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Burnsville Parkway and Interstate 35W, police said.
The motorcyclist was identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as Peter Vsevolod Genis, 17, of Burnsville.
According to police:
An SUV driver was turning left from westbound Burnsville Parkway to northbound 35W when Genis went through a red light while heading east and struck the SUV.
The Mercedes SUV was driven by a 30-year-old man from Burnsville. Neither he nor his 29-year-old female passenger, also from Burnsville, was injured.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Chandler was traveling southbound with a group of other riders who were going to the state park for lunch. The motorcycle in front of Chandler slowed to make the right turn when Chandler ran into the rear of the bike.
BURNSVILLE – One man was killed June 15 in a motorcycle accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to a news release from the National Park Service.
The driver of the motorcycle was identified as Bryant Chandler, 60, of Columbia, South Carolina.
A teenage motorcyclist was killed in a collision with an SUV at a Burnsville intersection, officials said Friday.
The crash occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Burnsville Parkway and Interstate 35W, police said.
The motorcyclist was identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as Peter Vsevolod Genis, 17, of Burnsville.
According to police:
An SUV driver was turning left from westbound Burnsville Parkway to northbound 35W when Genis went through a red light while heading east and struck the SUV.
The Mercedes SUV was driven by a 30-year-old man from Burnsville. Neither he nor his 29-year-old female passenger, also from Burnsville, was injured.
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