One man seriously injured in crash after hitting concrete culvert
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COOPER, Mo. (KMIZ)
One man was seriously injured in a Cooper County crash Saturday morning, after hitting a concrete culvert.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, 35-year-old Rickey Thornton was driving a 2005 Honda CBR along Morgan County Drive near South Morgan Street, when he went off the left side of the road and hit a concrete culvert.
He was taken to University Hospital with serious injuries and the bike was totaled.
Thornton was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.