Motorcycle Accidents | InjuryBoard Des Moines

According to the Iowa City Press Citizen, Daniel D. Christ, president of the Iowa City chapter of BMW Motorcycle Owners of America, was heading home from a weekend motorcycle rally in West Bend, Wis., when he was killed by a suspected drunk driver on Highway 60.Christ, 40, died Sunday of injuries sustained when a woman driving in the opposite direction in Rubicon, Wis., crossed the centerline...

We are doing it to ourselves. After almost a lifetime of work the Baby Boomers are taking time off and getting ready for retirement. More of us are buying that Harley-Davidson we always wanted and taking to the road in droves. More than 25% of the bikes registered in 2003 were owned by people 50 and older. People 40 and over own 53% of the motorcycles. And guess what fatalities among motorcycle...

July 21, 2007--Two motorcycle riders are recovering after an accident on Des Moines' south side last night. The crash happened at 10:00 on SE 14th Street and Diehl in Des Moines Friday night. Police say two motorcyclists were driving in the turning lane. When the lane ended, one of the riders lost control causing both to crash. Both were taken to the hospital.At the time of the accident, one was...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Burlington woman was killed Tuesday in a motorcycle wreck on County Road P53 in Madison County.David Delaney Beckman, 57, of Burlington, was driving a motorcycle northwest bound on P53 when he lost control of the bike around a curve and rolled into a ditch, according to the Iowa State Patrol crash report.Beckman and his passenger, Julie Anne Beckman, 58, were thrown from...

August 2, 2007--A Colfax man has been charged with homicide by vehicle-reckless for the death of a Norwalk teenager back in June. Twenty-year-old Matthew Garlick was charged yesterday for the West Des Moines motorcycle accident. Police say Garlick was headed south on 58th Street near Woodland on June 6th when the motorcycle hit the curb and sideswiped a light pole. His passenger, 17-year-old...

June 6, 2007--A teenager is dead after an early morning motorcycle accident in West Des Moines. Police say the crash killed 17-year-old Jennifer Reynolds of Norwalk, who a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Matthew Garlick.The accident happened at 1:25 this morning. Twenty-year-old Garlick, of Colfax, was headed south on 58th Street near Woodland when the motorcycle hit the curb and...

Darcy Schehr, a woman from Wisconsin, has been charged with "homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle." In a collision on Sunday, July 15, Schehr lost control of her vehicle on Highway 60, crossed the center line and hit a motorcycle. The motorcyclist, 40-year old Daniel Christ of Iowa City who was wearing a helmet, was killed. Schehr suffered no injuries.Important in any collision is a...

A car and bicycle collided on the east side of Des Moines on Saturday, May 12. The cyclist suffered broken bones, severe head injuries and went into surgery at a Des Moines hospital after the accident. The victim remains in a coma.The police are trying to identify the man who is Hispanic and in his 30s. His blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit at the time of the accident. The...

Jennifer Reynolds, a 17 year old student who planned on attending community college this Fall, was killed Wednesday June 6 as a passenger in a motorcycle accident. The crash occurred in West Des Moines at the intersection of Woodland Avenue and 58th Street at 1:25 am.Matthew Garlick was driving the motorcycle. A police officer described his injuries as "non-life threatening." Charges have not...

In a motorcycle accident on Tuesday, a man was thrown from his motorcycle after striking an embankment. He is currently listed in fair condition.The 49-year-old man was traveling northbound on Highway 982 attempting a right hand curve when he lost control of his bike, crossed the center line and left the highway. The man then hit the embankment, ejecting him from his motorcycle. Iowa State...