A motorcyclist who died after crashing early Friday in Robbinsdale, moments after police had called off a pursuit, was identified Saturday.
Lucas Zander Weyenberg, 21, of Victoria, died due to blunt force craniocerebral injuries in the accident, according the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A Crystal police officer spotted Weyenberg’s motorcycle traveling at a high speed on eastbound 42nd Avenue N. near Winnetka Avenue just after midnight. The officer attempted to stop the him, but he sped away, said Crystal Deputy Police Chief Brian Hubbard.
The officer lost sight of the motorcycle and discontinued the pursuit. About two minutes later, Hennepin County Dispatch received a 911 call about a motorcycle crash at 42nd Avenue N. and West Broadway in Robbinsdale, Hubbard said.
Officers arrived at the crash scene and found the Weyenberg lying in the street “suffering from obvious serious trauma,” Hubbard said.
Police rendered aid until North Memorial paramedics got there and pronounced him dead, Hubbard said.
Robbinsdale police and the Minnesota State Patrol are investigating.
