Oleg Kusaev, 28, died early Sunday after he struck a curb and was thrown from his bike in Lincoln Square. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Devlin Brown

CHICAGO — A 28-year-old motorcyclist died early Sunday after he hit a curb and was thrown from his bike in Lincoln Square.

It happened about 12:40 a.m. in the 5500 block of North Lincoln Avenue. Police said the man was traveling at a "high rate of speed" when he clipped a curb.

Oleg Kusaev, who lived in the 5400 block North Sheridan Road, was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Police from the major accidents unit are investigating.

For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here: