DES MOINES, Iowa — One man is dead after a car-motorcycle crash on Wednesday, the Des Moines Police Department said.
DMPD officers and Des Moines Fire Department rescue personnel responded to the accident around 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of SE 14th Street and Watrous Avenue.
They arrived to find a 39-year-old motorcyclist with critical injuries. The man, identified as Jason Thomas Smith of Knoxville, was transported to the local hospital. He later died of his injuries.
According to a preliminary investigation conducted by DMPD, Smith was driving southbound on SE 14th approaching Watrous Avenue when a car attempted to turn from northbound SE 14th to westbound Watrous Avenue. The two collided in the intersection.
This is the 11th traffic-related fatality of 2022, and the fourth involving a motorcyclist, DMPD said.