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EMERSON – A Morrison motorcyclist’s condition was upgraded to serious at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, more than 2 weeks after he hit a guardrail west of Sterling.
Jamison E. Smith, 43, was westbound on Emerson Road shortly before midnight Aug. 3 when he missed a curve and hit the guardrail at the bridge at the base of Mill Street, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
The crash is under investigation.
