ANOKA, Minn. — A motorcyclist is dead after hitting a pole Sunday afternoon in Anoka.
According to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office, a man was traveling westbound on Green Haven Parkway just after 12:15 p.m. when he left the road near Thurston Avenue and hit a pole. Officials say the driver, identified as 52-year-old Bradley Alan Brockel, of Ramsey, died at the scene.
Authorities have not said what caused the motorcycle to leave the road.