<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=209SRm_0llcmsB500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=209SRm_0llcmsB500" width="1033" height="720" ></figure>PEORIA COUNTY (WMBD) — A 22-year-old man is dead after striking a tree with his motorcycle Saturday afternoon.Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identified the 22-year-old man as Clayton Mullens of Brimfield. After sustaining multiple blunt-force trauma injuries in the crash, Mullens was taken to Peoria’s OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center.Despite resuscitation efforts, Mullens died in the trauma room at 4:24 p.m. A toxicology report is pending.Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said at about 3:43 p.m. Saturday, deputies were called to the 17000 block of W. Route 8 near Maher Road for a one-vehicle crash. When they arrived, they found Mullens with serious injuries.Preliminary information showed Mullens was heading westbound on Route 8 when he left the roadway and struck the tree.The investigation continues.</div></body>

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22-year-old dead in Peoria County motorcycle crash

PEORIA COUNTY (WMBD) — A 22-year-old man is dead after striking a tree with his motorcycle Saturday afternoon. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identified the 22-year-old man as Clayton Mullens of Brimfield. After sustaining multiple blunt-force trauma injuries in the crash, Mullens was taken to Peoria’s OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center.