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2 killed in a motorcycle-pickup collision in northern IA, Saturday

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September 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Woolstock, Iowa) – A man and a woman died during a motorcycle collision with a pickup truck Saturday afternoon, in northern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened northeast of Woolstock, in Wright County, at around 3-p.m, at 330th Street and Ida Avenue.

Authorities say a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 52-year-old Eric Gustafson, of Thompson (IA), was following a pickup eastbound on 330th, and was in the process of passing the pickup, when the vehicle made a left turn onto Ida Avenue. The cycle struck the bumper of the pickup, causing fatal injuries to Gustafson, and his passenger, 48-year-old Mindy Chandler, of Waukee.

The driver of the pickup, 49-year-old Patricia Kriger, of Woolstock, was not hurt.