(KLZA)-- A Rock Port, Missouri man suffered what were described as serious injuries in single vehicle wreck Saturday morning.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 49-year-old Michael Maifeld was riding a motorcycle east on Route AA, just east of O Avenue northwest of Tarkio when he crossed the center line, ran off the north side of the road and into a culvert at 12:00 A.M. Saturday

The motorcycle came to rest on its side.

Maifeld was transported by the Atchison-Holt EMS to Mosaic Hospital in St. Joseph. The motorcycle was totaled.

The Atchison County Sheriffs Department assisted at the scene of the wreck.