(Benton County, Iowa) – A man from eastern Iowa died Wednesday afternoon, after the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car on southbound Highway 218 at 51st Street, south of  La Porte City. The Iowa State Patrol reports the bicycle, occupied by 83-year-old John R. Rice, of Cedar Falls, was hit by a Nissan Altima at around 2:24-p.m. Rice died at the scene.

The driver of the car was identified as 77-year-old Dewayne L. Arends, of Oxford Junction. The accident remains under investigation.