Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Accident Involving a Motorcycle Jammed 694
Motorcyclist involved in an accident Friday has non-life threatening injuries, according to Minnesota State Patrol.
A motorcycle crash on southbound Interstate 694 caused major traffic delays just before 4 p.m. Friday evening.
Lt. Eric Roeske of the Minnesota State Patrol told Patch that the accident involved a motorcyclist under the bridge on 10th Street North.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, four vehicles were involved in the crash. According to the report, three cars and a motorcycle were moving southbound in the right lane on Interstate 694. Chu Vang, 55, rear ended motorcyclist Eric Lent, 41.
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Both Lent and his motorcycle "came to rest" under Vang's SUV, according to the report. The motorcycle then struck a Volkswagen Jetta, causing the driver, Kari Zins, 47, to run into another car.
Lent suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the report.
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Interstate 694 was reopened by 7 p.m., according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation's traffic cameras.