Crash kills motorcyclist at I-380 and Highway 30

CEDAR RAPIDS — A motorcyclist was killed Thursday afternoon in a crash on southbound Interstate 380 near the intersection with Highway 30, authorities said.

Police said they were questioning the driver of a black Buick sport utility vehicle they say struck the cyclist and expected to seek charges, but did not say what the charges would be. The name of the cyclist was not yet released.

Authorities say police officers and fire crews were dispatched at 3:56 p.m. to the scene. A preliminary investigation showed the SUV driver planned to exit I-380 and head east on Highway 30. But the SUV veered away from the exit ramp through a grassy divide, and back onto the interstate where it crashed with the motorcycle.

Police said the motorcycle driver was thrown from the cycle, dying from injuries sustained in a crash between the SUV and restraining cables dividing the north and south lanes of I-380.

The driver of the SUV was uninjured.