A motorcyclist from Country Club Village was hospitalized after an accident caused by a coyote.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Randall Carver was riding his Honda three miles north of St Joseph on I-29 when he hit the coyote in the roadway.

 

Investigators say Carver, 43, lost control of the bike and was ejected. Both came to rest on the pavement of the interstate highway.

Carver was taken to Heartland with moderate injuries shortly after midnight Thursday morning.