Jul 18, 2021

Motorcycle strikes mattress blown from pickup bed

Posted Jul 18, 2021 1:28 AM

GRUNDY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 4p.m. Saturday in Grundy County. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Silverado driven by Sean M. Graham, 20, Mercer, was northbound on U.S. 65 one half mile north of Trenton.

A mattress blew out of the bed of the pickup and into the path of a northbound 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Jacob I. Graham, 20, Mercer.  

The motorcycle struck the mattress, traveled off the road and the driver was ejected.

Grundy County ambulance transported Jacob Graham to Wright Memorial Hospital. He was not wearing a helmet, according to the MSHP.