ambulance graphic picA person has been left with serious injuries when their motorcycle struck a tractor on IL Rt. 37.

According to the Southern Illinoisan, the accident took place just after midnight when a Yamaha motorcycle attempted to pass a tractor just north of Goreville.

The tractor was turning into a driveway and the motorcyclist struck the left side of the tractor.

Both people on the motorcycle were thrown from the vehicle. Drivers of both vehicles refused treatment, but the passenger of the motorcycle was airlifted to an Evansville, Indiana hospital with non-life threatening injuries.