Motorcyclist killed in Wednesday evening crash

Riley Funk, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.
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Jul. 21—A Stewartsville, Missouri, man died in a two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and a semi Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 36 near Southeast 123rd Road.

John Shea, 34, was driving a Yamaha V-Star motorcycle around 6:30 p.m. on the highway 13 miles west of St. Joseph when he crashed into the back of a Freightliner semi and was thrown from the motorcycle, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

Shea was taken to Mosaic Life Care and pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m.

He and the semi driver, Scott E. Hopkins, 55, of Mayetta, Kansas, both were wearing safety restraints at the time, according to the crash report.

MSHP Troop H responded, assisted by the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, Buchanan County EMS and other first responders.

Riley Funk can be reached at riley.funk@newspressnow.com.