Mayfield man dies in southern Ill. motorcycle crash
Published: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:18 AM CDT
MASSAC COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A Mayfield man died in a motorcycle crash in southern Illinois on Sunday, July 3.
According to Illinois State Police, 66-year-old Charles P. Turner was driving his 2021 black Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on U.S. Route 45 at Mary’s Lane around 12:10 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, it went off the right side of the road.
Troopers say the motorcycle went through a grassy ditch before ramping the embankment to Mary’s Lane and becoming airborne.
Turner was thrown from the motorcycle.
According to ISP, he was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
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