UNION COUNTY, IA. (THECOUNT) — Richard Wade Starlin, of Creston, Iowa, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Tuesday night motorcycle crash in Union County.

Starlin, 44, was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a pickup truck Tuesday night near Creston.

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According to reports, Starlin was operating a motorcycle on Hi and Dry Rd in Creston, when the bike came into the rear end of a pickup truck, operated by 52-year-old Thaddeus Sickels of Creston, around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Starlin was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Union County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,534. The county seat is Creston. Organized at a time of tensions before the Civil War, the county was named in 1853 for the union that people wanted to preserve – Wikipedia.