A motorcyclist who was eastbound on U.S. 24 in Tonganoxie was killed in a collision on Tuesday with a dump truck.
The accident was at 9:36 a.m. Aug. 24 on U.S. 24 at Stone Creek Drive in Leavenworth County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol report.
The dump truck exited a construction site and made a U-turn in the intersection of Stone Creek Drive against a red light, according to the trooper’s report.
The motorcycle tried to avoid the dump truck, but they collided. The motorcyclist had been wearing a helmet.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 34-year-old man from Tonganoxie, was taken to a hospital and died, according to the report. He was identified as William Guthrie.