Serious injuries for motorcycle rider in Washburn

A man from Washburn in Barry County .was seriously injured a few minutes before noon today [Friday] when the Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle he was riding was hit by a passenger car

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Penny A. Bingham of Washburn  who was driving a P.T. Cruiser on W. 2nd Street in Washburn when she attempted to make a left turn  but pulled into the path of the motorcycle operated by 40-year-old Michael J. Taylor.

Taylor was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Rogers.

Bingham suffered only minor injuries.