Category: Traffic

Motorcycle accident reported on I-435 at State

A motorcycle accident was reported at 9:35 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, on northbound I-435 at State Avenue, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash report.

According to the trooper’s report, a police pursuit was involved.

The Harley Davidson took the ramp too fast, lost control and overturned in the ditch, according to the report.

No insurance was listed for the motorcycle, the report stated.

The driver, a 45-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, was wearing a helmet, according to the report.

A passenger on the motorcycle, a 44-year-old woman from Platte City, Missouri, had a possible serious injury, the report stated. She was taken to a hospital.

The passenger had not been wearing a helmet, according to the report.