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Cumberland man dies in a Friday night motorcycle accident not discovered until Saturday

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May 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Cumberland, Iowa) – A motorcycle accident late Friday night in Cass County, claimed the life of a Cumberland man. The crash wasn’t discovered until about 8:15-a.m. Saturday (today). The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at around 10-p.m. on 710th Street at Pella Road, northeast of Cumberland. A 2005 Harley Davidson operated by 40-year-old Andrew John Grieshaber, was traveling south on 710th, went out of control on the gravel road.

The motorcycle overturned several times and came to rest on its right side, facing north, in the northbound lane of travel. Grieshaber was ejected from the machine as it overturned. He came to rest north north of the final resting point of the motorcycle.

Grieshaber died at the scene. He was last scene at around 9:10-p.m. May 5th, at 880th Street and Highway 92.