WOODBURY, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol says the man responsible for a frightening motorcycle crash, caught on camera, has come forward.

Investigators say a 35-year-old man from Menominee, Wisc. contacted the state patrol once he realized it was his unsecured load that caused a crash on June 18 along Interstate 94. Troopers say the man is cooperating and the case remains under investigation.

Dash camera video of the crash from Linda Leverty made its way to YouTube two days ago. It now has more than 1 million views.

MOBILE USERS: Watch dash cam video here

Brendan Jankowski was the man at the handlebars of that motorcycle, a 2015 Yamaha he had just purchased for his 20th birthday two weeks prior to the crash. The video shows a black Chevy SUV passing Leverty's vehicle in the left lane pulling a ski boat with the the large rolled-up water mat on the back deck.

As the video continues Jankowski also passes Leverty's car, and is approximately three or four car lengths behind the boat when the mat rolls off. He tries to change lanes but is unable to avoid the mat, and both Jankowski and his new bike are sent cartwheeling down the pavement at highway speed.

Brendan Jankowski was the man at the handlebars of the motorcycle that hit the large water mat, a 2015 Yamaha he had just purchased for his 20th birthday two weeks prior to the crash.

Jankowski rolls like a log down the interstate, coming to a rest square in the middle of the left lane of I-94. He is extremely fortunate another vehicle is not right on his heels, or he would have been run over.

The bike comes to a rest on the far right shoulder.

Jankowski told KARE 11 he suffered minor injuries, scrapes, bruises and road rash, likely because he was wearing a helmet and a new jacket he had purchased just 30 minutes before the crash.

As of June 15, the Minnesota State Patrol has issued nearly 1,000 improper load citations or warnings to passenger and commercial vehicles this year.