(KNZA)--A Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash in Jefferson County sent a Topeka man to the hospital.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said it happened at the intersection of Ferguson and Marion Roads, about 4 miles north of Perry.

The Patrol reports 40-year-old Jesse Newell was southbound on Ferguson Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and his Yamaha Road Star motorcycle went into the east ditch.

Newell was transported to a Topeka hospital for the treatment of suspected possible injuries.

The Patrol says he was not wearing a helmet when the crash occurred shortly after 2:30.