CLARKTON, Mo. (WSIL) -- One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in New Madrid County on Saturday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol stated the crash happened on August 30, at 9 p.m., along Farm Road, roughly one mile east of Clarkton.

State police said a 52-year-old man from Clarkton was driving a 2021 Kawasaki KLX 300 going west when the vehicle traveled off a dead end road and into a ditch.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

State police said this is the 39th death related to a crash in the southeast Missouri area for 2025.

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