Motorcycle crash kills man, injures woman in Buchanan County

A single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Buchanan County killed a man who was driving and injured a female passenger Saturday evening, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.

At 5:52 p.m., 50-year-old Bradley L. Johnson of Hazleton was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Highway C57, just west of Hazleton.

The report stated Johnson lost control at the intersection of Highway C57 (also known as 118th Street at that location) and Indiana Avenue, where the motorcycle entered the south shoulder and the driver and a passenger were ejected to the south ditch.

The passenger — 46-year-old Sara J. Johnson — was airlifted to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for treatment of her injuries. Bradley Johnson did not survive the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.