37-year-old Joe W. Newby, of Olney, had to be life lined to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville Indiana following a head-on collision early Friday morning.
Newby was riding a motorcycle northbound on IL-130, just north of Parkersburg, when he attempted to pass another vehicle. He was unable to get back in the northbound lane in time to avoid a head-on collision with a southbound semi-truck driven by 40-year-old John L. Drew, of Evansville, IN.
Newby was transported to Richland Memorial Hospital before being life lined to Deaconess.