Monday night, a man lost his life in a motorbike accident in Onslow County.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports that William Schrader, 56, died when he was unable to make an abrupt right turn on Old 30 where the two-lane road intersects at Waters Road in Jacksonville, approximately one mile east of Piney Green.
According to the NCSHP, Schrader was riding east when his three-wheeled motorcycle entered a curve, crossed the westbound lane, and came to a stop in the Old 30 Kwik Mart Stop’s asphalt parking lot.
N.C. State Highway Patrol responded to the wreck at 6:20 p.m.
Authorities say Schrader was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the wreck and was thrown from the motorcycle upon impact. Schrader died at the scene, according to the NCSHP.
