One person was transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, following an accident early this (Friday) afternoon at 8th and Walnut Streets, in Atlantic. The collision happened at around 12:45-p.m.  Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson said an initial investigation determined a Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycle was traveling southbound on Walnut Street and approaching the intersection. A yellow passenger car was traveling west on 8th Street. Erickson said it appears the female driver of the car failed to yield.

Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson on the scene of a motorcycle/car accident (Ric Hanson/photo)

The driver of the cycle tried to avoid the collision and laid the cycle in its side. In the process, the bike apparently clipped the rear passenger side of the car. The male driver of the motorcycle suffered minor injuries. Erickson said “It’s the season people need to watch out for motorcycles, because there’s sand out there and everything else. It’s just not a good thing.” And, with the nice weather, “Kids will be out on their bicycles too, so people just need to be more aware so that nobody ends up being killed.”

The names of the motorcycle and car driver were not immediately released.