A speeding motorcyclist hit a concrete wall near the Duluth waterfront and was killed early Sunday, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 2 a.m. on northbound Interstate 35 at Lake Avenue, according to the State Patrol.
That location is near Canal Park, where many tourists and others flock on weekends throughout the warmer months.
Ryan Scott Mathisen, 32, from nearby Hermantown, was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when he hit the wall and was thrown from his motorcycle, according to a State Patrol statement.
Mathisen was not wearing a helmet, the patrol said.
