An Adair County man was transported by helicopter to Methodist Hospital Thursday evening, following a motorcycle accident north of Kent, in Union County. The Sheriff’s Office says 62-year old John Charles Boeck, of Greenfield, was operating a 2005 Triumph Rocket 111 cycle at a high rate of speed eastbound on Highway 34 at around 5:15-p.m., and failed to negotiate a slight curve in the road. The motorcycle went off the road and into the gravel before continuing through the shoulder and into the ditch.

Boeck and the cycle continued toward a building located at 2038 Highway 34. Outside the building was a moveable 4×8 sign. After the cycle and Boeck hit the sign, Boeck was ejected from the machine, which came to rest in the ditch. He was thrown approximately 40-feet from where the cycle stopped. Boeck suffered suspected serious/incapacitating injuries, and was transported by ambulance to the Creston Airport before being flown to the hospital by LifeFlight.

The motorcycle sustained $10,000 damage, while the yard sign sustained about $500 damage.