A WEBSTER CITY MAN WHO WAS RIDING HIS BIKE ON A RURAL WOODBURY COUNTY ROAD HAS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS 57-YEAR-OLD KENT HARFST WAS PEDALING ON COUNTY ROAD D-12 NEAR PIERSON WHEN A VEHICLE CAME UP BEHIND HIM AT THE CREST OF A HILL AND STRUCK HIM AROUND 6:35AM.
HARFST WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO MERCY ONE WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCE DEAD FROM HIS INJURIES.
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 19-YEAR-OLD AARON ALBERT OF MONDAMIN, WAS NOT INJURED.
THE PATROL SAYS IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
