UPDATE 10/20/2023: The Springfield Police Department has released the name of the motorcyclist killed in a crash last night.

Wayne Szenes, 27, died at the hospital after hitting the driver’s side of a 2006 Pontiac G6.

The passenger on Szenes’ motorcycle was taken to the hospital for her injuries. SPD has told OzarksFirst she is in stable condition.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One person is dead and two others are hurt after a crash involving a motorcycle.

It happened around 8:15 on Thursday night on Battlefield near Campbell.

Police tell us the motorcycle was headed east on Battlefield when another car pulled out of a parking lot and the two collided.

The driver of the motorcycle died at the hospital.  

A second person on the motorcycle is in the hospital with serious injuries and the passenger of the vehicle also went to the hospital with unknown injuries.