Des Moines, IA- At least four motorcyclists died in separate crashes in Iowa over Memorial Day weekend, with three of the accidents in western Iowa. Radio Iowa reports that a man from Shelby County died when the motorcycle he was operating was struck from behind late Monday morning by a distracted motorist, near the Adair County Freedom Rock. 56-year-old 56-year old Jay Douglas Thysen, of Elk Horn died at the scene. His passenger, 60-year-old Karen Dena Thysen, also of Elk Horn, was flown by helicopter to a Hospital in Des Moines. A passenger on a motorcycle trike died Saturday morning near Stanton, in Montgomery County, when a gust of wind pushed the cycle operated by 66-year-old Wendell Keith Gourley, of Stanton to the right, before the machine collided with a cable barrier and six barrier posts, and rolling onto its top. Wendell and his passenger, 66-year-old Jeannie Marie Schomburg-Gourley, were ejected from the motorcycle. The woman died at the scene. In Madison County, 61-year-ol
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