May 18, 2020

Missouri man airlifted to hospitalized after motorcycle accident

Posted May 18, 2020 1:00 AM

BUCHANAN COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just before 3p.m. Sunday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan driven by Samuel Q. Chapman, 25, Kansas City, was northbound on MO 371 at Skaggs one and a half miles northwest of Dearborn.

The motorcycle traveled off the road, struck a guardrail. The driver and passenger were ejected. 

Lifeflight transported Chapman to KU Medical Center. The passenger Laci K. Shoemaker, 29, Kansas City, refused medical treatment. She was wearing a helmet, Chapman was not wearing a helmet, according to the MSHP.