A man from Exira died Wednesday from injuries he suffered during a motorcycle accident in Audubon County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 65-year-old Jed Bengard, Jr., was riding an Indian Challenger motorcycle north on Littlefield Drive just before 5-p.m. and entering a curve south of 310th Street, when for reasons unknown, the cycle left the road and entered a ditch.

The motorcycle overturned in the ditch, causing Bengard to fall from the machine. He died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by Deputies with the Audubon County Sheriff’s Department.