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Fatal motorcycle accident in Monona County, Wednesday

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June 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

One person died during a motorcycle accident Wednesday afternoon in western Iowa’s Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2014 Jeep Cherokee driven by 78-year-old Barbra Rice, of Moorhead, was traveling, a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 68-year-old Stephen Hendricks, of Columbus, Nebraska, and a 2012 Peterbilt semi driven by 25-year-old Derek Henschen, of Ute, were all traveling north on Highway 183 a little after 2-p.m., when the semi began to pass the SUV in the southbound lane.

The motorcycle also began to pass the Jeep in the southbound lane. The Patrol says Hendricks didn’t realize the semi was passing, and struck the passenger side of the truck, causing the motorcycle to go out of control. He died at the scene. The other two drivers were not injuried.