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Atlantic man involved in Harrison County accident, Sunday afternoon

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September 4th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A man who lost a bag off his motorcycle on Interstate 29 in Harrison County, attempted to retrieve it by pulling over and walking across both the south- and north-bounds lanes of traffic. In doing so, he was partially struck by a pickup driven by a man from Cass County. The Iowa State Patrol says 73-year old Earl Lee Bolls, of Chamberlain, SD, was clipped by the side view mirror of a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 69-year old Lynn Poeppe, of Atlantic. The Patrol says Poeppe came up over a hill on I-29 and swerved to avoid Bolls, but was unable to entirely miss him. The accident happened at around 3:05-p.m., Sunday on I-29 northbound, near the 78 mile marker.

Bolls suffered minor cuts to his hand during the incident. He was transported by Missouri Valley Rescue to the Missouri Valley Hospital for treatment.