(In an update to our weekend news) – An Atlantic man suffered serious injuries during a motorcycle accident Saturday evening, near Lewis. Cass County Chief Deputy Sheriff Jon Westering says the accident happened at around 5:21-p.m. on the Lewis Road, between 580^th Street and Quincy Road, south of Lewis. A preliminary investigation determined the westbound 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by 39-year old Andrew Jensen, of Atlantic,  for reasons unknown, failed to negotiate the curve, left the road, entered the ditch.

Jensen was ejected from the machine and transported by Lewis Rescue to a nearby established landing zone, before being transported by LifeFlight to Des Moines Methodist Hospital. Griswold and Lewis Rescue, Cass EMS, LifeFlight and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.