Man Dead After Motorcycle Collides With Tractor

A Wyaconda, Missouri man dies after his cycle rear-ends a tractor.  The Highway Patrol reports the crash happened on Clark County Route A, 4 miles north of Wyaconda at 12:45 pm Saturday.

Troopers say a Harley Davidson motorcycle ridden by 30- year-old Randy Yates crested a hill and struck a farm tractor in the rear.  The tractor was driven by 49-year-old Mark Boley, also of Wyaconda.

Yates was pronounced dead at Scotland County Memorial Hospital shortly after 2 pm Saturday.

Troopers say this is the 16^th fatality in the Troop B area of Northeast Missouri for 2016.