(Osceola, Iowa) – A motorcycle accident early this (Friday) afternoon in Clarke County, claimed the life of a man from Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol reports 38-year-old James Paul Qualls died, after the 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed on Interstate 35 northbound at the exit ramp to Highway 34, near Osceola. The accident happened just before 1-p.m.

The Patrol says witnesses told Troopers the cycle was passing multiple vehicle at a high rate of speed when it took Exit 33 and went out of control. The motorcycle overturned before hitting a sign post. Qualls was ejected from the machine and landed in the ditch. The cycle rolled down the embankment and also came to rest in the ditch.

James Qualls was transported to the Clarke County Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Osceola Police assisted at the scene.