Washington couple LifeFlighted after motorcycle crash Sunday

Two people were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon.

According to the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department, the Davies County couple was driving east on State Road 56 on a 1986 Honda Shadow at 2:15 p.m. They were east of Kellerville Road when the operator, John P. Auberry, 52, drifted off  the highway rounding a curve. The motorcycle struck a mailbox before stopping in a ditch.

Auberry and his passenger, Sherry G. Auberry, were not wearing helmets. They were LifeFlighted to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville.

The motorcycle was totaled in the accident.

The sheriff’s department was assisted by the Haysville Volunteer Fire Department, Memorial Hospital Emergency Medical Services and a Uebelhor & Sons wrecker.