Lafayette Grad Killed as Motorcyclist

Aaron Becker, a 2008 graduate, died in a multivehicle chain-reaction accident Tuesday. He was on a motorcycle at the time of the incident.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol report indicated Becker, 22, of Florissant, was sitting idle with two other vehicles on northbound Missouri Route 141 at Gravois Bluffs Road at approximately 4:23 p.m. Tuesday. All three vehicles were stopped at a red traffic signal when the driver of a northbound recreation vehicle entered the intersection and failed to stop. The other two motorists, both from Fenton, were driving a car and a pickup truck.

The driver of the recreational vehicle, Robert Weiter, of St. Louis, crashed into the back of the car and truck, but continued moving and then struck the back of Becker's motorcycle.

The impact ejected Becker from the cycle and into the path of the still moving recreational vehicle, which then struck Becker.

Authorities stated in the report Becker was pronounced dead at the crash scene just minutes later. 

Weiter, 49, was taken to St. Clare Hospital by Fenton Fire Protection District emergency responders.

Addition as of 12:40 p.m.:
Becker is survived by his mother Anne Perkins, of Rock Hill, his step-father Michael Michenfelder, and father Art Becker. Visitation for Becker is Sunday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Kirkwood. Funeral services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church. A reception will follow the funeral at Wiegand Studios, 1 Wiegand Dr., Chesterfield.