MEADE COUNTY — A 40-year-old Meade man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Thanksgiving Day.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Harley-Davidson driven by Steven L. Dougherty was northbound on Kansas 23 in Meade County when the motorcycle drifted off the road into a grassy ditch. The KHP said Dougherty jumped from the motorcycle, struck a road sign and fell into a culvert.

He was transported to Fidler Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. The KHP reported he was wearing safety glasses, but no helmet.