Motorcycle crash claims life of Missouri man
ST. CLAIR CO., Mo. — A motorcycle driver is dead after a Friday night crash.
Just after 7:50 pm, a 38-year-old man from Louisburg, Missouri, was driving a motorcycle on westbound Highway 54, just 5 miles west of Collins.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the vehicle overturned off the right side of the road and struck a tree. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:30 p.m. by the St. Clair County Coroner, Randy Sheldon.
This is Troop D's 47th fatality of the year.
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