(Lewis, Iowa) – A man from Atlantic was injured Friday night, during a motorcycle accident near Cold Springs State Park, north of Lewis. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Deputies and area first responders were dispatched at around 9:42-p.m., to the area near Lewis Road and Quincy Road, just outside of Lewis, for a motorcycle accident.  Area first responders found that a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle, being operated by Billy Metheny, of Atlantic, was traveling Eastbound attempting to negotiate a curve.

He lost control of the motorcycle, which went off of the roadway and crashed into an embankment.  Metheny suffered significant, life-threatening injuries and was treated at the scene by area first responders. He was flown from the scene to a hospital in Omaha, NE via Life Flight helicopter.  This accident remains under investigation.