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Hundreds of bikers attend funeral of girl killed in hit-and-run

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Hundreds of motorcycles filled Lebanon’s Pierce Street Friday afternoon in honor of a Lebanon girl whose life was cut short in a hit and run accident.
Jailei Elaine Luke, 12, of Lebanon died after the accident Saturday evening at North Highway 5 and North Adams Street.
The motorcycles lined Pierce Street next to Holman-Howe Funeral Home and ecorted a procession through town following her funeral service. Many of them came in response to a Facebook post on the Ozark Harley Davidson page that was also  shared  on the Springfield Motorcycle Awareness Ride page.

For more on this story see Saturday's print or e-Edition of the LCR.