Lee's Summit police identify victim in fatal motorcycle crash Saturday that shut down US 50

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — UPDATE, June 22, 10:15 a.m. | The Lee's Summit Police Department has identified the victim as Paul P. Perry, 30, of independence, Missouri.

Investigators with the Traffic Unit are working to reconstruct the accident scene and determine the sequence of events that led up to the accident.

Any witnesses who might have been traveling the westbound lanes of 50 Highway Saturday morning around 4 a.m. and saw the motorcyclist prior to the crash are encouraged to contact the LSPD traffic Unit at 816-969-1765.

ORIGINAL STORY| Part of US Highway 50 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, was closed Saturday morning after a fatal motorcycle crash.

Lee's Summit police said at 5:41 a.m. that both the eastbound and westbound lanes of US 50 were shut down from Chipman Road to Third Street.

Road closures were expected to last until 8:30 a.m.

Lee's Summit police said emergency crews were dispatched to the westbound lanes of US 50 near the O'Brien Road overpass around 4 a.m. on the report of a motorcycle in the median.

When officers arrived, they found the motorcycle and its single occupant in the median. The rider was dead.

The deceased rider has not yet been identified.

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