KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A motorcyclist died Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash, Independence police said.
The wreck happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. on U.S. 24 east of North Winfrey Road in the eastbound lanes.
A Honda motorcycle rear-ended a Ford F-250 pickup truck, police said.
The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries, but the motorcyclist died from his injuries at a local hospital.
Police later identified the motorcyclist as 46-year-old Christopher Beal of Lexington, Missouri.
The crash remains under investigation.
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