2012: Iowa motorcycle crashes
Through September, there have been 49 motorcyclist (operator/passenger) fatalities in Iowa, associated with 47 crashes. These are their stories and those of others seriously injured. In 2011, there were 35 motorcyclist fatalities; 30 of the individuals who died were not wearing a helmet.
- March 6, 2012 - Andrew Jacobsen, 18, of Goose Lake, lost control of his motorcycle, which crossed the center line and struck a pickup in Clinton County.
- March 13, 2012 - Matthew Risor, 22, of Sioux City, died after the motorcycle he was driving rear-ended an SUV stopped to make a left turn. The crash occurred near Le Mars. Risor was not wearing a helmet.
UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies after accident in Le Mars, Iowa - KTIV ...Mar 14, 2012 ... Authorities have released the name of a motorcyclist killed in an accident near Le Mars Iowa Tuesday afternoon. Police...- March 17, 2012 - Charles Eugene Ganoe, 54, of rural Central City, died Saturday, March 17, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash that occurred while eluding police at a high rate of speed. The crash occurred in Linn County on March 16. He was not wearing a helmet.
Iowa man flees police on motorcycle, crashesMar 17, 2012 ... CENTRAL CITY, Iowa (AP) --- A Central City man has been seriously injured seriously following a motorcycle crash after...- March 17, 2012 - 27-year-old Courtney Jenkins, of Cedar Rapids, and his passenger, 32-year-old Christine Shroyer, of North Liberty, died after the motorcycle they were riding hit a speed bump on a bridge, then a curb before striking a large concrete flower pot. The crash occurred in Cedar Rapids. Neither were wearing a helmet.
- 2 killed in motorcycle crash in Cedar RapidsMar 18, 2012 ... CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- Two people killed in a motorcycle accident on 16th Avenue SW in front of Red Baron Bar and Danc...
Police say speed likely a factor in fatal Czech Village crash ...Mar 19, 2012 ... Police say speed likely a factor in fatal Czech Village crash ... A motorcycle and street lamp involved in a fatal cra...- March 23, 2012 - Jonathan Allen Hintz, 28, of Coralville died in a motorcycle crash on U.S. 6 in Iowa City. He was wearing a helmet.
UPDATE: 28-year-old Coralville man killed in Iowa City motorcycle ...Mar 23, 2012 ... Emergency responders on scene at a motorcycle crash in Iowa City on Friday, March 23, 2012. Police confirmed one perso...- March 24, 2012 - Matthew L. Dunkel, 40, of Marion, died after his motorcycle was struck by an SUV. The passenger on the motorcycle, Tami M. Mysak, 51, of Springville, suffered serious head and internal injuries.
- Police identify man killed in Marion motorcycle crash | Eastern Iowa ...Mar 26, 2012 ... A motorcycle lies on its side following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Hwy 13 and Hennessey Parkway in ...
- April 1, 2012 - Dustin Whitaker, 27, of Hamilton, Ill., died as a result of crash in which he lost control of his motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet. The crash occurred on U.S. 136 (Keokuk-Hamilton bridge) in Keokuk.
WIU Mourns Student Death - University Relations - Western Illinois ...Apr 4, 2012... the death of Dustin A. Whitaker, a WIU senior from Hamilton (IL) who died Sunday, April 1 as a result of a motorcycle ac...- April 23, 2012 - Chad Mayberry, 38, of Crescent, was seriously injured in truck-motorcycle crash near McClelland in Pottawattamie County. Mayberry was operating at excessive speed when he overtopped a hill and crashed into the truck.
Crescent man injured in truck-motorcycle crash Monday ...Apr 24, 2012 ... MCCLELLAND – A Crescent man remains hospitalized and faces charges after a motorcycle-truck wreck near McClelland on M...- April 25, 2012 - Charles McFadden Jr., 61, of Des Moines, died after loosing control of his motorcycle on U.S. 69 south of Indianola.
Name released in deadly motorcycle crash | Local News - KCCI HomeOfficials said Charles McFadden Jr., 61, of Des Moines was killed in the crash. He lost control of the cycle and it crashed, official s...- May 5, 2012 - Bradley Paul Stephen, 42, of Monticello, died after his motorcycle rolled several times into a ditch on County Road D-61 near Bernard. He was not wearing a helmet.
Monticello man dies after motorcycle crashIowa State Patrol Trooper Chris Nelson said 42-year-old Bradley Paul Stephen died in the one-vehicle accident. The trooper said Stephen w...- May 5, 2012- Two motorcycle riders (driver Ronald D. Rozeman, 57, of DeKalb, Ill, and his passenger, Lynn Rozema, 55) were killed in a head-on crash with a pickup that crossed the center line on Iowa 92 near West Chester. Neither was wearing a helmet.
