Valley City  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate  a motorcycle crash that occurred on Saturday about 3-p.m., westbound on I-94 near mile marker 290 west of Valley City.

The Highway Patrol reports that 59 year old Byron Botner of Mapleton  failed to control his motorcycle, and was forced to lay it down on the roadway where he became separated from the bike. He came to rest on the roadway with non-life threatening injuries.

He was transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City, by Barnes County Ambulance.