A 67-year-old Pacific man was thrown from his motorcycle Saturday afternoon after a Chevy Equinox slammed into the side of his Harley-Davidson Sportster at the intersection of Route 50 and Route AT near Villa Ridge. He was rushed to the hospital with a serious injury, while the driver of the SUV walked away unharmed.
Equinox Clipped the Motorcycle's Left Side
According to the Missourian, the front right side of a Chevy Equinox, driven by a 42-year-old woman from Oran, hit the left side of the man's Harley-Davidson Sportster. The impact ejected the motorcyclist from his bike. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is the source of the crash details.
Washington EMS transported the motorcyclist to Mercy Hospital St. Louis with a serious injury, the outlet reported. The driver of the Chevy reported no injury, and the collision remains attributed solely to the patrol's account relayed through the Missourian's report.
A Second Route 50 Crash in Franklin County
The Villa Ridge collision comes 568 days after another serious wreck on the same highway corridor. A 16-year-old boy from Beaufort, Missouri, died in a separate crash on U.S. Route 50 near Missouri Route 185, as reported by Fox 2 Now. That crash happened around 4 p.m. Friday when the teen's vehicle crossed the center line and struck the front of another vehicle head-on.
A 30-year-old man driving the vehicle that was struck suffered minor injuries along with extensive damage to his car, Fox 2 Now reported. That crash is being investigated by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C, which covers much of the St. Louis region. The two incidents are separate cases but both unfolded along the same Route 50 stretch more than a year apart.
No citation or liability determination has been reported for the Villa Ridge collision, and further details about the condition of the Pacific motorcyclist after his hospital transport have not been released.
