35-year-old motorcyclist killed in Saturday crash in Nodaway County

Cameron Montemayor

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A 35-year-old Carrollton, Missouri, man is dead following a single-vehicle motorcycle accident that occurred on State Route M on Saturday afternoon in Nodaway County.

According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 35-year-old man driving a 2018 Kawasaki Vulcan was traveling east on State Route M around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the roadway roughly 5.5 miles east of Guilford, Missouri.

The motorcycle went down an embankment and struck a ditch, ejecting the motorcyclist in the process.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 35-year-old man from Carrollton, Missouri, was pronounced dead at 2:22 p.m. at Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville, Missouri. The man was wearing a safety device according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Next of kin has been notified according to the report.

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