Multiple Motorcycle, Moped Crashes Cause Critical, Life-Threatening Injuries Across US States

Multiple serious motorcycle and moped crashes occurred across the Midwest on Thursday, resulting in critical and life-threatening injuries. In Ohio County, West Virginia, a 37-year-old man was critically injured when his motorcycle was struck by a tractor-trailer and pushed into a guardrail. In Marion County, Kansas, a woman riding a 2019 Indian Chieftain Horse motorcycle was seriously injured after a car crossed the center line and collided with her; both drivers were hospitalized with the motorcyclist wearing a helmet and the car driver not wearing a seatbelt. In Hudsonville, Michigan, a man riding a 2016 Yamaha moped collided with the back of a Jeep that had slowed for a turn; the moped driver, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized. Authorities in all locations are investigating the incidents, with specific details about the drivers involved in some cases still undisclosed.