NewsJune 16, 2014
67-year-old Missouri woman killed in car-on-motorcycle crash
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old suburban St. Louis woman has been killed after a motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed into a car on a rural Franklin County highway. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Barbara LaChance of Fenton, Missouri, was a passenger on a Harley-Davidson Trike, a three-wheeled motorcycle, driven by 58-year-old Michael Whitecotton of House Springs, Missouri, when it crashed at 1 p.m. Saturday...
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old suburban St. Louis woman has been killed after a motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed into a car on a rural Franklin County highway.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Barbara LaChance of Fenton, Missouri, was a passenger on a Harley-Davidson Trike, a three-wheeled motorcycle, driven by 58-year-old Michael Whitecotton of House Springs, Missouri, when it crashed at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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The patrol says the motorcycle was following a 2007 Toyota Prius driven by 20-year-old Meredith Vitale of Eureka, Missouri, when she made a sudden stop to make a left turn into a private drive.
The motorcycle swerved and struck the left front of the Prius before going off the road and overturning.
LaChance was pronounced on the way to the hospital. Whitecotton sustained moderate injuries.
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