Motorcycle Accident Seriously Injures Driver in Harrison County

HARRISON COUNTY, MO – A motorcycle accident on I-35 north of Eagleville left two Iowa residents with injuries.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 58-year old John Gomez of Des Moines was driving the motorcycle southbound on I-35, 8 miles north of Eagleville around 12:30 Friday afternoon when he crested a hill and struck and unknown object in the roadway. The motorcycle overturned on its side ejecting Gomez and his passenger, 52-year old Kimberly Gomez, also from Des Moines.

John Gomez was taken by Life Net to a Des Moines area hospital. Kimberly Gomez refused treatment.

The highway patrol was assisted by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, Decatur County Sheriff’s Department and Lamoni Police Department.