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Highway patrol investigates deadly Montgomery County motorcycle crash

Missouri State Highway Patrol

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man is dead following a rollover motorcycle crash in Montgomery County on Monday night.

The crash happened on Route J near Short Road around 11 p.m., according to the crash report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Troopers said 22-year-old Caleb T. Berkaw, of Big Spring, Missouri, was thrown from the motorcycle after he failed to drive around a curve and went off the road. The scene of the crash wasn't discovered until Wednesday, according to the highway patrol.

A sheriff's deputy pronounced Berkaw dead at around 5 p.m. Troopers said Berkaw wasn't wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

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