Personal Injury Law

Motorcycle accident seriously injures rider

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Evert Branch, 63, was seriously injured in a Missouri motorcycle accident on Highway 54 in Cole County.

Branch was heading westbound on his 1997 Honda Motorcycle when the accident occurred, according to the investigating trooper from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Also heading westbound just ahead of Branch was Cole County Sheriff's Deputy Justin Rollins, 27. Rollins received a call to respond to a possible domestic violence incident when he turned abruptly in front of Branch's motorcycle. Branch was unable to avoid the collision and hit the side of the patrol car, ejecting him from the bike.

Branch was airlifted to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. Rollins was uninjured.

According to a Jefferson City News Tribune report, Rollins had not turned on his lights or sirens. There is no indication he was speeding, though an investigation into this Mid-Missouri motorcycle crash is still ongoing and a full accident reconstruction has yet to be performed.

Rollins has been placed on administrative leave while a standard internal investigation is being conducted. It could be a couple weeks before all the details of the investigation are released.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on July 17, 2010 (boomark / email).