(Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – Officials with the Cedar Rapids Police Department, Saturday, reported on a fatal collision that occurred  Friday night between a motorcycle and another vehicle. Authorities said that at approximately 8:47-p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of 1st Ave. and 27th St. NE, following the report of a motorcycle-vs-car accident.

Officers arrived on scene, along with the Cedar Rapids Fire Department and Area Ambulance, and began life saving measures on the driver of the motorcycle. The motorcycle driver was transported to a local hospital and pronounced deceased a short time later. The Identity of the motorcycle driver is being withheld pending notification of family.

Preliminary field findings indicate the motorcycle, traveling south on 1st Ave struck a northbound vehicle vehicle making a left turn from 1st Ave onto 27th St NE. No other injuries were reported at the scene.

There is an ongoing investigation into this incident.