One person dead in Conrad after motorcycle tire failure.

(Conrad) Newly released police reports say that one person died near Conrad over the weekend in a one car crash.

The report from the Montana Highway Patrol says that the operator of a motorcycle was traveling north on Interstate 15 at around noon on Sunday when the rear tire blew out. This cause the operator to lose control and be thrown from his motorcycle into a ditch.

The impact caused fatal injuries on the driver, who was dead before police made it to the scene, to the MHP report. He was 44 years old.