A motorcyclist from Fayetteville, Arkansas, was killed in a crash at 2 p. m. Saturday on I-49 miles south of Rich Hill in Vernon County.
Joshua B. Ward, 46, was riding a southbound 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special that crashed when he failed to take a curve and veered off the road into the center earth.
The Highway Patrol says he was taken by helicopter to Cox South Hospital in Springfield, where he was pronounced dead.