[UPDATED] Fatal motorcycle accident in eastern IA Saturday morning
September 21st, 2024 by Ric Hanson
CEDAR COUNTY, Iowa — [UPDATED 9/23] The Iowa State Patrol reports a motorcyclist died late Saturday morning during a collision with a car near Wilton, in eastern Iowa. Authorities say the accident happened a little after 11-a.m. at the intersection of Taylor Avenue and 325 Street in Cedar County just northeast of Wilton.
When the driver of a 2014 Nissan Altima reportedly ignored traffic control devices and entered Taylor Avenue into the path of the oncoming 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle, the cycle struck the passenger side of the car. The motorcyclist – 56-year-old James Harold Huston, of Wilton – died at the scene. The driver of the car – 21-year-old Austin Lane Mizer, of Wilton – was injured, but a report on his condition was not being released.