Oak Park Heights, MN (KROC-AM News) - The State Patrol has released information about a crash Monday evening that claimed the life of a Minnesota motorcyclist.

A preliminary report on the deadly incident indicates a 27-year-old Stillwater man was headed south on Highway 95 in Oak Park Heights when a semi-truck pulled in front of his Harley-Davidson when the truck driver attempted to make a left turn onto the exit ramp for Highway 36 in the far eastern Twin Cities suburb. The State Patrol says the motorcyclist was unable to stop and crashed into the semi-truck.

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The fatal crash was reported just after 8:30 PM.

The name of the motorcyclist has not been released. The driver of the truck, a 30-year-old man from Delaware, was not injured.

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