Motorcyclist, 17, dies in collision with SUV at Burnsville intersection

The crash occurred on Burnsville Parkway above I-35W.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 11, 2024 at 10:15PM

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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