Motorcyclist thrown from bike in hit-and-run accident

A motorcyclist was thrown from his bike in hit-and-run accident on I-635 at 6:32 p.m. Oct. 7, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The crash happened in Johnson County on the I-635 southbound ramp to I-35, three-tenths of a mile south of Shawnee Drive, according to the trooper’s report.

An unknown vehicle struck the rear tire of the motorcycle, then swerved, the trooper’s report stated. The motorcycle went left and that is when the driver was ejected, the report stated.

The vehicle in back of the motorcycle was listed as a hit-and-run vehicle in the report. It was on the curve from southbound I-635 to I-35, the report stated.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 20-year-old man from Kansas City, Mo., was injured and taken to a hospital in Kansas City, Kan., according to the trooper’s report. He was wearing a helmet.