Police car lightsA southwest Iowa man died following a collision between a motorcycle and a crop sprayer early Wednesday afternoon.

The Iowa State Patrol says 56-year old Michael Douglas Noll, of Griswold, died from injuries he suffered when his 2010 Harley Davidson struck the left front wheel of a 2011 John Deere crop sprayer.

The accident occurred at around 12:50-p.m. east of Griswold, as Noll, who was traveling eastbound on Highway 92 near 612th Street, was passing the sprayer, which was turning left into a residential driveway. Noll died at the scene.

His services are pending at the Duhn Funeral Home, in Griswold. The driver of the sprayer, 17-year old Marty Pelzer, of Griswold, was not hurt.

(By Ric Hanson, KJAN, Atlantic)