Elderly man seriously injured in Phelps County motorcycle crash

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 74-year-old man from Black, Missouri, was seriously injured in a Wednesday crash at the intersection of Route D and County Road 9000 in Phelps County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The report says the crash occurred as a 1998 Yamaha motorcycle was heading westbound when it went off the right side of the road and hit a utility pole. The man was wearing a helmet, the report says.

The man was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, according to the report. The bike had minor damage.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.

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