A man from Taylor County was seriously injured Saturday night, during an alcohol-related crash, in northwest Missouri. The Missouri State Patrol reports 49-year old Troy Farrens, of Blockton, was driving a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on Missouri Highway C, about three-miles west of Elmo, in Nodaway County, when he crossed the center line of the road. His cycle struck an eastbound car driven by 21-year old Breann Hunt, of Burlington Junction. The accident happened at around 8:40-p.m., Saturday.

Farrens was ejected from the cycle following the crash.He was flown by LifeNet helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha for treatment of serious injuries. Hunt was not injured in the crash.

Farrens was charged with driving while intoxicated, and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway.