A blown tire on a motorcycle resulted in a fatal motorcycle accident Friday morning, near Desoto, in Dallas County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2007 Harley Davidson cycle operated by 42-year old Matthew Allan Babcock, of Olivet, MI., was traveling east on Interstate 80 at around 9:50-a.m. near mile marker 109, when the back tire blew out.

The cycle went out of control, causing Babcock, and his passenger, 43-year old Jamie Lynn Babcock, also of Olivet, MI., to be ejected. Neither of the riders were wearing a helmet. Matthew Babcock suffered fatal injuries and died at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Jamie Babcock was also injured and transported to Methodist.

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Dallas and Waukee Rescue Squads assisted at the scene.