Benjamin E. Blaylock, 48, of Hillsboro was injured Thursday evening, June 15, in a motorcycle crash on Hwy. 21 north of Hwy. N in De Soto, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 6:40 p.m., Blaylock was riding a 2000 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail north on Hwy. 21 and the motorcycle had a defect that caused him to lose control, run off the left side of the road and strike a guard rail, the report said.
He was moderately injured and taken by private conveyance to Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City, according to the report.
Blaylock was not wearing a helmet, or at least not a Department of Transportation-approved one, the patrol reported.
The motorcycle sustained minor damage, the report said.