(UPDATED) 21-year-old Spirit Lake man killed when his motorcycle is hit head-on by an SUV
July 6th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Winnebago County, Iowa [UPDATE] – One person died and three others were injured Saturday afternoon, during a crash in northern Iowa. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a man from Spirit Lake died when the motorcycle he was riding was struck head-on by an SUV. The accident happened at around 4-p.m.
The Patrol says two Harley Davidson motorcycles were traveling west on Iowa Highway 9 from 150th Avenue, as a 2015 Buick Encore SUV was traveling eastbound. For reasons unknown, the SUV – driven by 95-year-old Leroy Weaver, of Buffalo Center, IA – crossed the center-line of the road, and sideswiped a 2010 HD operated by 64-year-old Daniel Raak, of Spirit Lake, before hitting a 2004 HD motorcycle operated by 21-year-old David Raak, also of Spirit Lake.
Daniel Raak’s cycle continued on the road prior to going out of control and stopping on the north shoulder of the highway. David Raak’s cycle was pushed backwards from the point of impact before it came to rest on the north shoulder of the highway. A passenger on David Raak’s motorcycle, 21-year-old Kayla Huddelson, of Belle Fourche, SD, was ejected from David Raak’s cycle and came to rest on the north shoulder of the road.
The SUV entered the north ditch and came to rest in a field. David Raak died at the scene. Daniel Raak, Kayla Huddelson, and Leroy Weaver were transported by ambulance to MercyOne North Hospital in Mason City. The crash remains under investigation.