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Woman killed and two men seriously hurt in Clayton County motorcycle crash
A deer entered the path of three motorcycles traveling east on Garber Road in Clayton County, Iowa, on the night of Oct.
10.
The lead motorcycle struck the deer, and its passenger, 34-year-old Kelley Knockel of Colesburg, died at the scene.
The rider, Joshua Knockel, 42, was seriously injured and flown to a hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
A second rider, a 58-year-old man from Guttenberg, tried to avoid the crash, lost control and was seriously injured.
The third motorcycle avoided the crash, and its rider and passenger were uninjured.
The crash involved people from Colesburg, Guttenberg and Dubuque, all in Iowa.
The Clayton County Sheriff's Office is still investigating what happened.
A woman was killed and two men were seriously injured when three motorcycles crashed in Clayton County, Iowa.
The crash happened around 9:17 p.m. on Oct. 10 on Garber Road, west of Kennedy Road.
Authorities said a white-tailed deer entered the road as the motorcycles traveled east.
Kelley Knockel, 34, of Colesburg, died at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office.
- Who
- Kelley Knockel, 34, was killed; Joshua Knockel, 42, and Mathew Witham, 58, were seriously injured.
- What
- A crash involving three motorcycles killed one passenger and seriously injured two riders.
- When
- Around 9:17 p.m. on Oct. 10.
- Where
- Garber Road, west of Kennedy Road, in Clayton County, Iowa.
- Why
- A white-tailed deer entered the roadway; one motorcycle struck it, and another rider lost control while taking evasive action.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Three motorcycles crashed on Garber Road after a white-tailed deer entered the roadway.
Authorities released the name of the woman killed in the crash.
- Fatality
- Kelley Knockel, 34, of Colesburg
- Serious injuries
- Joshua Knockel, 42, and Mathew Witham, 58
- Crash time
- Around 9:17 p.m. on Oct. 10
- Crash location
- Garber Road, west of Kennedy Road, Clayton County, Iowa
- Vehicles
- Three motorcycles were traveling eastbound
- Cause reported
- A white-tailed deer entered the roadway
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