(Corrects timeline to show accident happened Sat. night, not Sunday night)

A passenger on a motorcycle was flown by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Hospital in Omaha following a collision with a car, Saturday night. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 72-year old Karen Ann Pratt, of Red Oak, was riding on a 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by 70-year old Randall Douglas Pratt, of Red Oak, when the cycle swerved to avoid a collision with a vehicle driven by 57-year old Karen Lee Bryan, of Red Oak. The accident happened just before 11-p.m.

Bryan was driving a 1997 Buick LeSabre and had just turned south from W. Oak Street onto N. Broadway Street. She traveled a short distance south on Broadway before beginning to make a left turn into an eastbound alleyway. Bryan told authorities she didn’t see the approaching motorcycle and turned in front of it.

Although Randall Pratt swerved to avoid the collision, his Harley hit the car, ejecting Pratt onto the hood of the vehicle. Neither Randall Pratt nor Karen Bryan were injured. The side of the cycle came to rest against the front of the car. Karen Pratt was also ejected from the cycle, and came to rest on the roadway. She was treated at the scene by Red Oak Fire and Rescue before being flown to Omaha for additional treatment.

Damage from the collision amounted to $1,600. Authorities cited Karen Bryan for making an unsafe turn.