KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 68-year-old Raytown man died one week after he was involved in a crash on his motorcycle in Kansas City, Missouri.
The KCPD Accident Investigation Section was notified Tuesday morning that an unidentified motorcyclist had died from injuries suffered in a crash on April 5. He died shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday, according to a police spokesperson.
KCPD officers were dispatched shortly before 6:30 p.m. on April 5 to the area of East 87th Street and Missouri 350 for a reported crash between a motorcycle and passenger vehicle.
According to the accident investigation, a Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling north on Missouri 350 “at a very high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic.”
Near the intersection with 87th Street, the motorcycle struck the left rear of a gray Chevrolet Volt while changing lanes. The motorcyclist was ejected after losing control.
The driver was “only wearing a small helmet” and was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening head injuries.
The driver of the Volt was not injured.
