Motorcyclist killed in Washington County crash

The fatal crash occurred just before 8 p.m. on Saturday.

August 30, 2015 at 3:22AM

A motorcyclist was killed late Saturday in a rollover crash in southern Washington County, the State Patrol said.

The fatal crash happened just before 8 p.m. on Hwy. 61, near Leeder Avenue in Cottage Grove.

The victim was heading south on the highway when the 2007 Yamaha motorcycle crashed.

State Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Tiffani Nielson said Saturday night that authorities would release the victim's name after next-of-kin have been notified.

No further details were immediately available.

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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