Injuries were reported in an accident involving three motorcycles Sunday evening at I-435 northbound, just north of Woodend Road in Kansas City, Kan.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, three motorcycles were northbound on I-435 in the center lane. The accident happened at 8:32 p.m. Sunday.
An unknown vehicle changed lanes in front of one of the motorcycles, which then struck another motorcycle, according to the report. A third motorcycle lost control when trying to avoid the first and second motorcycles, the trooper’s report stated.
One driver, a 37-year-old man from Kansas City, Mo., was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the report.
His passenger, a 36-year-old woman from Prairie Village, Kan., also was injured and taken to a hospital.
The second driver, a 30-year-old man from Kansas City, Kan., was injured and taken to the hospital, the report stated.
The third motorcycle driver, a 24-year-old man from Independence, Mo., also was injured and taken to the hospital.
All of the motorcycle drivers and passengers were wearing helmets, according to the report.
In a separate, unrelated accident on Saturday:
Motorcycle overturns in accident
A Honda motorcycle exited westbound I-70 to southbound I-435, drove off the roadway and overturned on Saturday, according to a Kansas Turnpike Authority trooper’s report.
The accident happened at 6:13 p.m. Saturday, the report stated.
The driver, a 27-year-old man from Colorado Springs, Colo., was not injured, according to the report.
Paulo Nagamura
Sporting Kansas City moved into fourth place in the Western Conference with a 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire on Sunday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.
Paulo Nagamura came off the bench to score the game’s lone goal with a header in the 75th minute, while Tim Melia made three saves for his first career MLS shutout and first career MLS win in his Sporting KC debut.
Sporting KC took the field for the first time in the team’s new all-white third kits – in front of the stadium’s 58th consecutive MLS sellout crowd and a national television audience on ESPN2- for the 50th all-time regular season meeting against the rival Fire.
Chicago entered with wins in each of their last three matches, but saw that streak snapped by a Sporting KC side that has held the Fire scoreless in four of the past five meetings in KC.
Melia played a starring role in the clean sheet as he made his first appearance since being acquired in the offseason after five seasons split between Real Salt Lake (2010-2011) and Chivas USA (2012-2014).
The 28-year-old was called into action in the eighth minute to thwart a goalward cross from David Accam, then again five minutes later to push away Guly’s left-footed effort from the edge of the penalty area and a third time to smother a header from Eric Gehrig in the 19th minute.
Sporting Kansas City’s best two scoring chances of the first half came two minutes apart on headers from Dom Dwyer and Kevin Ellis. Benny Feilhaber’s chipped cross in the 31st minute was met by a diving header from Dwyer that carried over the crossbar from six yards out.
Dwyer, who leads MLS with 30 fouls won in 2015, earned a free kick a minute later that Feilhaber placed perfectly into the path of Ellis only to see the header hammer off the crossbar.
After attempting 11 shots in the first half, Sporting Kansas City was limited to only three shots in the second beginning when Seth Sinovic forced a strong save from Sean Johnson in the 50th minute.
Manager Peter Vermes inserted Nagamura as his first of three substitutes in the 65th minute and the move paid dividends 10 minutes later as the Brazilian provided the breakthrough moment with the first headed goal of his 11-year MLS career.
Fellow newcomer Jalil Anibaba delivered the cross from the right flank and Nagamura did the rest, snapping his header inside the far post to finish off a 12-pass sequence for the 13th goal of his career and his first game-winning goal since 2009.
Graham Zusi was credited with the secondary assist on the play, claiming sole possession of second place on the club’s all-time charts with 17 game-winning assists.
Chicago’s bid for a late equalizer became a taller task when Accam, one of three designated players for the Fire, was sent off in the 89th minute with a straight red card issued for a foul on Anibaba.
Chicago captain Jeff Larentowicz was at the center of his team’s final two forays forward, looping a header wide in the 93rd minute off a corner kick from Shaun Maloney and then going down after a collision with Matt Besler inside the penalty area on the final play of the game.
Sporting Kansas City will now travel to the nation’s capital to face Eastern Conference leaders D.C. United at 6 p.m. on Saturday at RFK Stadium. The match will be shown live locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot and across the Midwest on SKCTV with coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. – Story from Sporting KC
Storms possible this afternoon and evening. (National Weather Service graphic)
The National Weather Service says scattered thunderstorms will remain possible this morning north of Interstate 70 before dissipating.
No severe weather is expected with the morning activity, the weather service said.
More widespread thunderstorm activity is expected late this afternoon and overnight. A few storms could be severe across northeast Kansas and portions of northern Missouri, according to the weather service.
Large hail and damaging winds will be possible with the strongest storms, the weather service said.
Today’s high will be near 82, with a south wind of 8 to 14 mph, gusting as high as 18 mph.
Tonight, expect a low of 62, with a south wind of 7 to 10 mph. The chance of rain is 20 percent tonight.
Tuesday, there will be mostly sunny skies with a high of 81. The wind will be 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday night, there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. The low will be around 63 with a south southeast wind of 11 mph.
Another round of thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and Thursday, according to the weather service. Heavy rain is possible over northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas through the week.
From Friday through Sunday, there is a chance of rain in the forecast.
For more weather information, visit www.weather.gov.
Three-day rainfall amounts. (National Weather Service graphic)
