Police identify man killed in Centerton motorcycle wreck

Arkansas State Police on Sunday released the name of a man killed after a motorcycle accident Saturday in Centerton.

Stephen W. Giles, 59, of Grove, Okla., died after being thrown from his bike, state police said.

A witness told Bentonville Police Giles and a female passenger were were heading east on Arkansas 72 near Southwest Second Street when the motorcycle left the roadway, according to a news release.

McKenzie Fay Wilcox, 22, also of Grove, Okla., was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo., state police said.

Wilcox was in the intensive care unit Monday, according to hospital staff.

No other vehicles were involved, the release said.

Roads were dry and the weather was clear, police said.

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