A 31-year-old Lebanon man is dead, and a passenger on his motorcycle suffered minor injuries following an accident at 5:20 Saturday afternoon on Highway W.W. east of Nightingale Drive in Laclede County.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that the motorcycle driven by Adam L. Nichols traveled off the right side of the roadway, ejecting both Nichols and the unnamed passenger from the vehicle. Nichols was pronounced deceased at the scene. The 17-year-old juvenile was transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield with minor injuries.