29-year-old driver sustains serious injuries in motorcycle crash

PIKE COUNTY, MO – A 29-year-old male motorcyclist was seriously injured when his motorcycle overturned on State Highway W on Thursday afternoon.

Police report Vincent Burton was traveling southbound on State Highway W at North Water Street when he lost control of his 2007 Kawasaki Ninja 500 around 4:30 p.m. The motorcycle traveled off the road and overturned.

Burton was transported to SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital Lake St. Louis. The Kawaski sustained extensive damages in the crash.

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