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Fatal motorcycle and van accident in northwest Iowa

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May 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A man on a motorcycle died from his injuries, Saturday, after his 2005 Harley Davidson collided with a van in Spencer. The Iowa State Patrol reports 31-year-old Alex Michael Leewright, of Spencer, died at the Spencer Municipal Hospital. He had been traveling south on Highway 71 at around 3:57-p.m., when a van pulled out in front of him, from 13th Street Southwest onto Highway 71.

The cycle struck the 2044 Chrysler Town & Country van on the front, and came to rest in the southeast ditch of intersection. The van, driven by 28-year old Michelle Schuck, of Sheldon, came to rest in the southbound lanes of traffic. Schuck was not injured in the crash.