BILLINGS - A motorcyclist was killed in Billings early Monday.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash happened at 2:20 a.m. on U.S. Highway 87.
A 42-year-old Billings man was riding a Harley-Davidson east on First Avenue North when the motorcycle merged onto the highway at a high speed and struck a center cement divider.
The motorcycle became airborne, and the rider was thrown from the vehicle, the patrol reports. He died at the scene.
The man, whose name has not been released, was not wearing a helmet.
