A collision involving three motorcycles in northwest Iowa’s Buena Vista County, Friday night, left two dead and one person injured. All of the victims are from Storm Lake. According to the Iowa State Patrol a 2020 Honda CBR600RA operated by 39-year-old Luis Angel Garcia Contreras, a 2013 Honda CBR1000RR operated by 28-year-old Phya Soe Aung, and a 2005 Yamaha YZFR6L operated by 30-year-old Martin De Jesus Cruz, were all westbound on Buena Vista County road C-65 at around 9:40-p.m,., when Garcia Contreras made a U-turn into the path of Aung’s motorcycle.

Aung’s Honda struck the left side of the other Honda. Cruz could not avoid the situation and struck the Honda operated by Aung. Aung and Cruz died at the scene. Garcia Contreras was injured and transported by Storm Lake Ambulance to the local hospital.