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4/15/23
The Iowa State Patrol has identified the victim in a fatal motorcycle accident earlier this week north of Iowa City.
According to a newly-released accident report, 72-year-old Kenneth Bowen of Iowa City was northbound on Highway 1 just north of Rapid Creek Road when he struck farm equipment just before 1:30 Tuesday Afternoon. An AGCO TerraGator was slowing down to pull into a field driveway when Bowen reportedly tried to unsuccessfully pass on the left in his 2009 Harley FXSTB
The State Patrol says the TerraGator’s turn signal was on. The vehicle’s driver, 20-year-old Blakely Metz of Fairfield, was uninjured.
Bowen died at the scene.