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Butte man identified as victim of weekend motorcycle crash

Posted at 12:11 PM, Aug 26, 2019
and last updated 2019-08-26 16:19:46-04

BUTTE, Mont. — Butte police identified the Butte man killed in an early Saturday motorcycle crash as 30-year-old Shaun Doherty.
Doherty died after losing control of his motorcycle about 1:40 a.m. in the 1600 block of Grand Avenue.
Around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Butte dispatch received a report of a motorcycle accident in the 1600 block of Grand Avenue. Doherty reportedly was traveling westbound, and according to witnesses, the motorcycle tipped, began sliding on its side, then struck a vehicle that was parked on the north side of Grand Avenue.

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