PEA RIDGE, MO (WASHINGTON COUNTY) – A 29-year-old man was severely injured in a motorcycle rollover crash on Highway 185 in Washington County on Friday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The crash occurred on northbound MO-185, near Goose Creek Road, at about 9:30 p.m., after the operator of a 1994 Harley-Davidson XL833, 29-year-old Byrnes Mill man Christian Coryea, failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway.
The motorcycle went off the left side of the highway and overturned, causing Coryea to be ejected from the vehicle.
He was taken to Mercy South for the treatment of severe injuries.
Coryea was wearing a helmet when the crash occurred.
No other people were involved in the collision.
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