Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports a motorcycle accident resulting in a fatality happened early this (Saturday) morning. Officers responded at around 3:50-a.m. to 12th & Stuart Streets, to investigate a motorcycle accident. Their investigation revealed 26-year old Daniel Nathan August, of Clarinda, was operating a 2005 Harley-Davidson motorcycle westbound when he proceeded into the intersection of 12th & Stuart. When he failed to turn at the T intersection, his cycle went air borne after striking a retaining wall adjacent to the intersection. August was ejected from the motorcycle. He landed several hundred feet from the wall at a practice football field facility.

The Page County Medical Examiner pronounced the man dead at the scene. Speed is believed to be a factor in the cause of the accident. Brothers said August was not wearing a helmet. The accident remains under investigation. The Clarinda Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Clarinda Fire Department and Clarinda Regional Health Center Emergency Medical Services.