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Fatal cycle accident reported in Pottawattamie County

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September 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A Council Bluffs man died during a motorcycle accident Saturday, near Underwood. According to Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker,  38-year-old Joshua Suhr, who was not wearing a helmet, died Sunday, after being flown by helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. The accident happened at around 6:20 p.m. Saturday near Pott. County Road L-34 and Sumac Road.Wintesses told authorities two southbound motorcycles traveling on L-34 passed them at a high rate of speed. Suhr, who was on one of the cycles, apparently wasn’t able to negotiate the curve near Sumac Road, and lost control of the vehicle.