NEAR ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (KTIV) -
Three girls were hospitalized after
authorities say they were hit by a motorcycle while riding their bikes.
It happened about 9:15 p.m. Monday night in Lyon County, Iowa.
Authorities say a total of five teenage girls
were about a mile north of Rock Rapids on county road K-52 when a
motorcyclist came up from behind.
Sheriff Blythe Bloemendaal says 54-year-old
Daryl Hasche of Rock Rapids tried to slow down, but ended up putting the
motorcycle on its side. He hit three of the five teens.
17-year-old Morgan Herda, 15-year-old Mackenzie Lutmer and 17-year-old Tori Figge, all of Rock Rapids, were taken the hospital.
Herda and Lutmer were then air-lifted to Sioux
Falls for what the Sheriff calls serious injuries. Hasche received minor
injuries.
Bloemendaal says none of the girls had the necessary lights on their bikes for riding at night.