HILLSBORO, MO (JEFFERSON COUNTY) – A man from Hillsboro was injured after his motorcycle crashed into a ditch on Route B yesterday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The collision happened about four miles northwest of Hillsboro and 1.4 miles southeast of Morse Mill, on northbound Route B, near Park Ridge Road, at 3:55 p.m.
45-year-old Dustin A. Scallet, operating a 2016 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, was unable to properly round a curve in the roadway. He went off the right side of the highway, then crashed and overturned in a ditch.
Scallet, who was wearing his helmet at the time of the crash, was taken to Mercy Hospital South for the treatment of minor injuries.
No other people were reported as hurt.
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