(Updated 6/5/25) Fatal motorcycle accident in NE Iowa Wed. morning (June 4)
June 4th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Floyd County, Iowa) – A collision between a motorcycle and a semi tractor-trailer Wednesday morning near Charles City, resulted in the death of a woman from Garner. (In an update to our original story) the Iowa State Patrol reports a 2019 Kawasaki motorcycle operated by 66-year-old Ruby May Golnik, of Garner, pulled-out in front of a 2010 Freightliner semi and was struck, at around 9:10-a.m. on U-S Highway 218.
The driver of the semi was a 24-year-old from Canada was not injured.
The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office and Floyd Fire Department, along with AMR Charles City Ambulance.