FAYETTE COUNTY, IOWA – Two Oelwein residents were airlifted to a hospital after the motorcycle they were riding on hit a deer.
On June 15, 2019 at 1:20 PM, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office took a 911 call reporting an accident in which a motorcycle hit a deer and two people were injured at Bear and Cedar Road. An investigation determined that Michael James Rettinger, age 58 from Oelwein was operating a 2011 Harley Davidson northbound on Cedar Road when a deer entered the roadway and was struck. A passenger on the motorcycle, Sharon Kime-Rettinger, age 56 from Oelwein, was thrown from the motorcycle onto the shoulder of the roadway. The motorcycle left the roadway and entered the east ditch and struck a tree. Michael was thrown off as the motorcycle entered the ditch. Both victims were airlifted from the scene to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in Lacrosse for injuries. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Wadena Fire Dept and First Responders, Gunderson Air, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic Air Care, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources and Tri State Ambulance.
Raise the bag limit to 25 on these stupid things…
Plenty of people seem to love this rotten meat..
May as well let them all fill their freezers with this crap meat, before they all eventually come down with mad deer disease, brought on by DNR induced overpopulation…
Any word on the deer?
Hope that they have a good recovery.
the deer?
Yeah the deer you sick F***
people need to get out there and hunt. nothing wrong with it, it could have saved these two from this horrible event. we need to see alot more deer killed in iowa every year to make a difference. especially if we want to keep the numbers of chronic wasting disease down and hopefully get rid of it,at least in our state. wisconsin is full of irresponsible idiots. more iowa hunters more harvested deer less vehicle vs deer accidents, healthier deer populations and healthier citizens for eating REAL FOOD.