In an update to our earlier reports, officials with the Atlantic Police Department said today (Thursday), an Atlantic woman was injured during a motorcycle accident Wednesday evening at 7th and Laurel Streets. The accident happened at around 7:18-p.m., when a Can-Am Spyder 3-wheel motorcycle slowed to turn from westbound 7th Street onto Laurel. A car driven by Christopher Herbert, of Atlantic, was behind the Spyder, and slowing down, when his vehicle was rear-ended by a Honda motorcycle operated by Megan Magers, of Atlantic.

Megars suffered what were described as apparent, non-life threatening injuries, and transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment. No other injuries were reported. Magers was cited for Failure to Maintain a Reasonable and proper speed. Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $3,000, while Herbert’s car sustained $1,500 damage.