Thursday, August 23, 2018

Arkansas woman killed, man airlifted to Springfield hospital following motorcycle crash on 76

An Arkansas woman was killed and a motorcyclist seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident 1:38 p.m. Wednesday on MO 76, five miles north of Shell Knob.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2018 Harley Davidson Triglide driven by Edward W. Harkreader, 58, Henderson, Arkansas, slid off the road and crashed into a tree.

Shell Knob Fire Chief Russel Rickard pronounced a passenger, Dawn E. Davis, 59, Hackett, Arkansas, dead at the scene at 2 p.m.

Harkreader was airlifted to Mercy Hospital, Springfield, to be treated for serious injuries.

The fatality was the 83rd this year for Highway Patrol Troop D.

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