A Bethalto man died in a motorcycle crash Sunday morning near Staunton. In a news release, Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn said Brad P. Yotter, 30, of the 900 block of Circle Drive, was pronounced dead at 4:23 a.m. by Madison County Coroner’s Supervisory Investigator Deborah B. von Nida at the scene of a crash on Renken Road at Lakewood Road in Omphghent Township in unincorporated Staunton. Emergency dispatchers were notified of the crash at 3:40 a.m.
Yotter's 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle appeared to be traveling west when it left the road, Nonn said. Yotter was not wearing a helmet and sustained fatal head injuries.
Routine alcohol and drug testing is being performed on the victim. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department continues to investigate the crash.
Visitation for Yotter will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Paynic Home for Funerals in Rosewood Heights, where services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Yotter is survived by his parents, Pat and Debbie Yotter, of Bethalto; his twin brother, Steve Yotter and his girlfriend, Darcy Bruhn, and soon-to-be nephew, Owen of Worden; his sister and brother-in-law, Stephanie and Jarrod Walters, and niece, Emma of Rosewood Heights; grandfather and grandmother, Fred and Barb Reiske of Cottage Hills; his dog, Izzie; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
The entire Martintoni Racing Team sends our sympathy to the Yotter Family ... he was a great guy and we will miss racing with him ... Bobby, Dee and Cuppett
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Pat and Debbie and the family,Brad was a great young man and will be greatly missed.
Mark"Kinky" and Debbie Kruse family