A motorcycle accident in western Iowa’s Monona County has claimed the life of a Nebraskan, and resulted in injuries to another person, who is also from Nebraska. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1994 Honda motorcycle was traveling north on Interstate 29 just before 8-a.m., Thursday, when for reasons unknown, the cycle drifted into the right lane, then into the left lane, before it kept going into the median, where it crashed.The accident happened about a mile south of the Onawa exit.

Both victims on the cycle are from Omaha. An 81-year old died, while the other person, who is 78, was flown by helicopter to Burgess Hospital, in Onawa. No other information was released about the accident victims.