A 58-year-old rural Centralia man has died after his motorcycle ran off the Green Street Road east of Central City this afternoon. Marion County Deputy Coroner Roger Sutherland says David Kendall had been in poor health and it appears the death may have been from natural causes because injuries from the accident were minimal.
Sutherland says no other vehicle was involved when Kendall's cycle ran off the side of the road. He was found lying in a driveway only ten feet from where the cycle came to rest. Sheriff Jerry DeVore says witnesses indicated Kendall's motorcycle ran off the road for no apparent reason.
The wreck occurred on a straight section of roadway near the former Jim's Trailer Sales business. Efforts to revive Kendall at St. Mary's Hospital were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at 2:15Tuesday afternoon. The wreck had occurred about an hour earlier. Sutherland said the family requested no autopsy be completed. He reports the only visible injuries from the accident were skinned elbows and legs and a small skinned area on his forehead. Sutherland says Kendall suffered from a bad heart and diabetes.
