Motorcycle overturns on I-435, rider injured

A motorcycle rider was injured Sunday after overturning near I-435 and Donahoo Road in Kansas City, Kan., according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The accident at 3:35 p.m. Feb. 8 happened when the motorcycle failed to negotiate the curve of the roadway on northbound I-435, according to the trooper’s report.

The Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle left the road, entered the right ditch and overturned, the report stated.

The driver of the Kawasaki, a 56-year-old man from Leavenworth, Kan., was injured and taken to a hospital, the report stated. He was wearing a helmet and eye protection.