A woman died in a early morning accident today on Interstate Highway 35 in Forest Lake.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the woman, who has not yet been identified, fell off the back of a motorcycle for an unknown reason around 4:45 a.m. on I-35 near milepost 131 and the intersection with State Highway 97 (an earlier report on the State Patrol’s website stating that a passenger car was involved was incorrect). She appears to have been killed resulting from the fall. The driver of the motorcycle, Myles Eckman, 23, of St. Paul, was uninjured and allegedly fled the scene. He was apprehended and arrested later.broadstreet.zone(48036);
No other information has been released. The Times will update this story as more information becomes available.
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