Motorcycle rider in Osage Beach flown to hospital after crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A motorcycle rider was flown to University Hospital on Saturday night after they crashed in Osage Beach, according to a Monday press release form the Osage Beach Police Department.

The crash occurred at 10:26 p.m. Saturday, the release says.

The release says someone from Texas road a 2006 Victory Kingpin on Barry Prewitt Memorial Drive when they failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the centerline and hit a curb. The rider was thrown from the motorcycle and landed on Columbia Boulevard, the release says.

Details about the rider’s identity was not released. The release did not say if the rider was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.