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Motorcycle rider seriously injured in Newton County accident

A motorcycle rider from Neosho was seriously injured at 3:25 Monday afternoon in an accident on Highway 86, about 2 miles south of Redings Mill in Newton County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the man was passing another vehicle on a double yellow line and swerved his Harley Davidson to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

The bike traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch. The 68-year-old rider suffered serious injuries.

He was taken by ambulance to Freeman West Hospital in Joplin.

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