According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), Jeremy Dean Metcalf, 21, was operating a 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle at about 11:05 a.m. when the accident occurred about nine miles northeast of Vian on Blackgum Landing Road.
The OHP reported that Metcalf was traveling south when he attempted to avoid an animal carcass in the roadway. Metcalf failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the left side of the road.
Metcalf, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, was taken by ambulance to Muskogee Regional Medical Center, where he was admitted in stable condition with arm, leg, and internal and external injuries.
According to the OHP, the cause of the collision was excessive speed.
