ISP INVESTIGATES TRAFFIC CRASH
The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12
WHAT: Single Motorcycle Personal Injury Traffic Crash
WHERE: Illinois Route 49, in the curve just south of County Road 100N, Clark County
WHEN: May 8, 2021 at 7:17 a.m.
VEHICLE: Unit 1 – Black 2003 Honda Shadow motorcycle
DRIVER: Unit 1 – Herschel R. Nichols, a 62-year-old male from Casey, IL –Transported via ambulance to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
PRELIMINARY: Preliminary investigative details indicate the following occurred: Unit 1 was traveling southbound on IL Rt. 49, in the curve just south of Clark C.R. 100N. The rider of Unit 1 failed to negotiate the curve causing Unit 1 to exit the roadway where it struck a ditch embankment and ejected the rider. The rider of Unit 1 was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No further information will be disseminated at this time.
CHARGES: Nichols was cited for Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident.
All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.