KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Saturday morning crash in Fort Scott killed a Gardner man.
Just after 7:30 a.m., the crash occurred on U.S. Highway 69 just north of S. National Avenue, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.
The KHP identified the man as Ira Parnell Toshavik, 48, of Gardner.
Toshavik was headed southbound on a motorcycle as a second vehicle was headed northbound.
After failing to negotiate a right-hand curve, Toshavik crossed over the center line, struck the front of the northbound vehicle and was ejected, according to the report.
Toshavik was wearing a helmet.
The driver of the second vehicle sustained minor injuries.