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Van-Motorcycle Crash Sends Rider to Hospital

(Clara Hogan/The Gazette)

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Van-Motorcycle Crash Sends Rider to Hospital

By Clara Hogan, The Gazette

By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM CST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM CST

CEDAR RAPIDS - A man was sent to the hospital after a van struck his motorcycle in Cedar Rapids Thursday night.

Police said a motorcyclist was westbound on F Avenue NW at around 7:10 p.m. when a van, which had been sitting at a stop sign at Westwood Drive NW, pulled out in front of the motorcycle, striking it and sending it onto its side.

A man was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital by ambulance for non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the van was charged with failure to yield at a stop sign.

Names were not released Thursday night.

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