(Creston, Iowa) – A motorcycle pursuit and crash Sunday afternoon in Union County resulted in the death of a  man from Union County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Creston Police were attempting to stop a 2022 Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling above the speed limit on Highway 34 in Creston, at around 1:10-p.m., when the motorcycle operator -identified as 55-year-old Tony Dean Fizer, of Creston – attempted to elude the Officers.

The pursuit continued east on Highway 34 at a high-rate of speed past Afton. When Fizer lost control of the cycle while traversing a curve near mile marker 94, the machine ran onto the shoulder of the road and overturned. Fizer was ejected into the south ditch. The motorcycle also came to rest in the ditch.

Tony Fizer was transported by EMS to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, where he was pronounced deceased. The State Patrol was assisted by the Union County Sheriff’s Office.