Cyclist dies in accident

MARQUETTE — A Quinnesec man was killed Sunday in a off-road motorcycle accident in southern Humboldt Township.


Troopers from the Negaunee post of the Michigan State Police responded to the accident at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday.


Timothy Jay Groleau, 52, of Quinnesec, was riding a motorcycle north on a trail about a quarter mile north of County Road FFO and about four miles east of M95. He was part of a group with two other riders, police said. He lost control of the motorcycle for unknown reasons, leaving the trail and striking several trees, police said. Groleau died from injuries sustained in the crash, police said. He was wearing appropriate full-protection riding gear at the time of the accident, police said. An autopsy is scheduled for today, and investigation into the accident is ongoing, police said.


Troopers were assisted at the scene by Republic and Bell EMS, and Dickinson County Sheriff’s deputies.