News : Cyclist injured in 3-vehicle accident near Shellsburg

On September 26, 2015 at approximately 4:00 pm, The Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a three vehicle accident with injuries 1 mile south of Shellsburg on 32nd Avenue.

A 2010 Toyota SW driven by Melissa Lynn Smith, age 31, of rural Vinton, was northbound on 32nd Avenue following an agricultural vehicle at a slow speed. Directly behind the Smith vehicle was a Harley Davidson motorcycle being driven by Cary Dean Relf, age 5,3 from rural Shellsburg. A third vehicle, a 2010 Toyota XD driven by Kelsea Marie Kline, age 25, of rural Van Horne, crested a hill behind the Smith & Relf vehicles striking the motorcycle in the rear. The impact then forced the motorcycle into the back of the Smith vehicle.

Relf was transported to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids by Hiawatha Ambulance with unknown injuries. Neither of the other drivers or the passenger in the Kline vehicle was hurt.

Assisting at the scene were Shellsburg First Responders, Shellsburg Fire Department, Shellsburg Police Department, Hiawatha Ambulance, and Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigation is continuing by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

- Sheriff Randall L Forsyth