On February 18th, 2017, at 9:05 a.m., Dubuque Police and Fire personnel responded to the 3000 block of Carter Road on the report of a single vehicle crash.
The crash was located by a passing motorist who noticed a wrecked motorcycle in the wooded area west of Carter Road and soon thereafter located the driver nearby. The driver, identified as Austin J. Walling, 24, of Dubuque, was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation indicated the crash resulted from Walling failing to navigate a turn as he traveled northbound in the 3000 block of Carter Road. The exact time of the crash remains unknown.