By: Roy Aker

A University of Minnesota student was killed last week in a motorcycle accident, authorities announced Tuesday.

Thirty-year-old Patrick Buxbaum was killed in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of 27th Street and Emerson Avenue, shortly after 3 a.m. on May 19, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, who released his identity Tuesday.

The accident occurred just blocks away from his Minneapolis home.

Authorities have yet to reveal the circumstances leading up to the crash, but say Buxbaum was found dead at the scene of the crash.

Buxbaum, who was originally from Sidney, Mont., was a veteran of the U.S. Marines and had served overseas in Japan.

After four years in the military, Buxbaum moved to Minneapolis to attend Minneapolis Community & Technical College, later transferring to the University of Minnesota.

Minneapolis police and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner are continuing their investigations.