On Thursday, August 21, 2025, the Adair County Sheriff’s Office was called out to an injury accident at the intersection of HWY 551 and Holmes Bend Road, involving a truck and a motorcycle.
Preliminary reports indicate that Jared Grant, 27, of Columbia was operating a 2006 Chevrolet truck, crossed the centerline and made contact with a 2005 model Honda motorcycle, being operated by Anthony Curry, 43, of Columbia.
Curry received serious injury in the collison and was taken to an out of state hospital by ambulance.
Grant and his passenger, Henry Anderson of Columbia, were not injured.
The accident is being investigated by Adair County Deputy Sheriff Hunter Tweedy, assisted by Sheriff Gary Roy, Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Drew Conn, CACFD and Adair EMS.
(Gary Roy – Adair County Sheriff)