PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- An 18-year-old Perryville man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Route K just south of Interstate 55 in Perry County Thursday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The patrol said Michael Berkbuegler was driving his Yamaha motorcycle northbound when he ran off the road, struck a mailbox and overturned. He was pronounced dead at the scene by county coroner Herb Miller.
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