Motorcycle Accident Injures Calvert City Man

A Calvert City man was injured following a motorcycle accident on Benton Road Saturday.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Department, at around 1:30 P.M. deputies responded to a single motorcycle accident on Benton Road.

When deputies arrived, their investigation determined that Dennis Brooks Sr. of Calvert City was on Benton Road when he applied the brakes. Brooks told deputies that his brakes then locked up, causing him to be thrown from his motorcycle.

He landed in the middle of Benton Road with injuries to his arm. He was taken to Lourdes Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.