Motorcyclist dies in accident on U.S. 73 in Wyandotte County

A motorcyclist died after an accident at 8:35 p.m. Sunday, March 30, on U.S. 73 about one mile south of the Wyandotte-Leavenworth county line.

Justin R. Williams, 31, of Junction City, Kan., was taken to a Johnson County hospital after the accident, and was pronounced dead about 4:40 a.m. March 31.

Williams was riding a 1999 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on U.S. 73 in the left lane.

For an unknown reason, the motorcycle left the roadway, went into the center grass median, and rolled, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s crash log. The driver was ejected.

Williams was wearing a helmet, the report stated.