On April 17th, 2023, at approximately 4:05PM, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a single vehicle accident with injury. Having occurred in the 3100-grid of Lexington Avenue in the rural Mount Pleasant area.
Upon arrival and investigation, it was determined Jeremy Bitting of Mount Pleasant lost control of the motorcycle he was operating. Bitting was severely injured and transported from the scene.
Incident citations were later issued to the driver. Which included Failure to Maintain Control and Motorcycle License Violations. A state accident report was also completed for this motor vehicle accident.
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office was assisted with this incident by the Iowa State Patrol, Henry County EMS, and Mount Pleasant first responders.