Brooklyn Center crash is second Twin Cities motorcycle fatality of the weekend

A 24-year-old Edina man died Saturday after hitting a bridge abutment. On Friday, a motorcycle crash near downtown Minneapolis killed a New Brighton man.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 20, 2024 at 2:38PM

A 24-year-old Edina man died after crashing his motorcycle into a bridge abutment in Brooklyn Center on Saturday night, according to the State Patrol.

The man was going north on Hwy. 252 shortly before midnight when he left the road and struck the abutment near Interstate 694, the State Patrol said in a crash report. The victim has not been identified.

On Friday, Gordon Wayne Zieman, 61, of New Brighton, died after his motorcycle lost control and hit a car whose driver was attempting to merge from the shoulder to I-35W near downtown Minneapolis, according to the State Patrol.

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