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Motorcyclist dies in Omaha after Iowa crash

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August 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A motorcyclist has died in an Omaha, Nebraska hospital after crashing on a Council Bluffs roadway. Omaha television station KETV says the crash happened Saturday afternoon on the 16th street ramp onto Interstate 29, near the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office in western Iowa. The biker was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

A witness told investigators that the crash happened when the motorcyclist swerved to avoid another bike. Police have not yet released the name of the motorcyclist.