CALMAR, IOWA – One person was killed and another injured in a motorcycle accident near Calmar, Iowa on Friday afternoon.
The Iowa State Patrol said Saturday that Trish Ann Taylor, 44, of Hawkeye, Iowa was killed while riding on a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 52 two miles north of Calmar, Iowa through a construction zone with a companion, Michael Jay Jermier, 45, of Decorah.
The accident report states that the road surface was uneven due to construction work and the motorcycle crossed the center line of the highway and went out of control. It was not made clear who was driving the motorcycle in the report.
Jermier was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The accident is still under investigation.