A 21-year-old Williamsville man was injured Wednesday in a motorcycle accident north of Poplar Bluff evening and died from his injuries Thursday morning in a St. Louis hospital, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
According to the report, Johnathon B. Thurman, 21, of Williamsville was riding a 2014 Royal Entfield Motorcycle northbound on Highway O, seven miles north of Poplar Bluff.
The accident occurred at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, overturned, struck multiple rocks and then a tree, ejecting Thurman.
Thurman was transported by Air Evac to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, where he was pronounced dead at 4:20 a.m. Thursday. He is the 21st fatality in Troop E this year.