By TONY GUERRERO
Hays Post
A Hays man died in a motorcycle accident on March 15 near the U.S. Highway 183 bypass.
Ellis County Sheriff Lt. Garrett Brening said 36-year-old Jonathan J. “Jon Boy” Younger died after leaving the roadway and crashing on West Eighth Street.
Brening said the crash was not witnessed, and the exact time of the accident is unknown. It was reported at 8:14 p.m. by a passerby who saw lights from the motorcycle in a ditch.
Brening said Younger was traveling west when he failed to navigate a curve and went off the roadway near the bypass. He was partially found underneath his motorcycle.
Brening said CPR was performed and a heart rhythm was briefly restored. Younger was airlifted to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where he died later that day.
Brening said Younger was not reported to be wearing a helmet. He said it is unknown how long Younger had been in the ditch before being found, due to the isolated location and the high embankment along Eighth Street.
Younger was an over-the-road truck driver for Tim Kroeger Trucking and enjoyed riding motorcycles. He was a member of the Free Tomorrow Motorcycle Club.
His obituary describes him as “one of a kind,” with a big heart, a willingness to help others and having every quality you could want in someone.