Photo courtesy Springfield Police Department

Springfield’s police chief has released a sobering state on traffic fatalities in 2020.

Paul Williams says of the city’s 18 deaths in crashes this year, half of them involved motorcyclists.

The latest two happened over the weekend.

Maurice Coret died when his motorcycle collided with a car on west Kearney, and police say Shaughn Adams was traveling at a high rate of speed on north Glenstone when the driver of a car pulled out of a parking lot and hit his bike.

Motorcyclists have accounted for 1/2 of @CityofSgf traffic fatalities in 2020. #motorcyclesafety is #EveryonesBusiness https://t.co/u4Yabtawpi

— Chief Paul Williams (@chief_spd) September 21, 2020