Crash leaves motorcyclist with serious injuries, shuts down Callaway County highway

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash that shut down part of Highway 54 for more than an hour.

The driver of the 2009 Honda GL1800, a 31-year-old man from Marthasville, Missouri, suffered serious injuries when he rear-ended an SUV on westbound Highway 54 near Fulton, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The man was not wearing a helmet, the report states.

The SUV driver suffered minor injuries. Both drivers were taken by University Hospital by ambulance.

The crash shut down westbound Highway 54 while the road was cleared.