Another Motorcyclist Injured on US-281

The construction area on US Highway 281 has seen another accident with a motorcyclist.

According to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 49-year-old Mark Letourneau was driving his 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on US-281 in a construction area when Letourneau’s front tire went off a ridge from the highway overlay at the shoulder and came back to the roadway. The bike’s rear tire came off the roadway and Letourneau lost control and was thrown from the motorcycle..

Letourneau was transported by Great Bend Emergency Medical Services to Great Bend Regional Hospital. Information regarding his condition has not been released.