Around 7:15am The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Bates County Sheriffs Office, Bates County EMS and Rich Hill Fire responded to a 1 vehicle motorcycle accident in the Southbound lanes of I-49 and mile marker 119.9.
The accident occurred when the 1986 Suzuki driven by 44 year old Leon D. Lewis of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota ran off the left side of the roadway and overturned in the median.
A passenger on the bike Nancy M. Roden 47 also of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota refused medical treatment at the scene. Mr. Lewis wasn't injured in this accident either. The bike had minor damage and was towed from the scene by Don's Tow of Butler.
