Motorcyclist dies in Interstate 35 crash

Updated: 1:20 p.m. | Posted: 8:15 a.m.

A 56-year-old North Branch man died Friday after a crash along Interstate 35 in Chisago County, north of the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the crash happened just before 3 p.m. as southbound traffic was slowing for construction ahead, near Wyoming, Minn.

The Patrol reported that Bruce Pariseau was operating a motorcycle that sideswiped a car in the left lane of I-35 as traffic was slowing. Pariseau died from his injuries at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.

Three people in the car were not injured.

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