Motorcycle rider found dead morning after crash in Montgomery County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 42-year-old man from Danville, Illinois, was found dead after a crash occurred at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route J in Montgomery County at Loutre Valley Lane, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says.

An MSHP spokesman wrote in an email the crash was reported the next day. The report says the rider was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday.

The report says the man’s 1992 Harley Davison Sportster 883 was heading southbound when it went off the left side of the road and hit an embankment. The rider was ejected from the vehicle and hit a concrete culvert twice, the report says.

The report says the man did not wear a helmet. His body was brought to Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City, according to the report.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.