KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 29 near NW 64th Street on July 8.
Authorities responded to the scene shortly after 4:10 p.m. and pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department identified the victim as 17-year-old Brody Schleuger.
According to KCPD, a preliminary investigation revealed that a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic and splitting lanes.
The motorcycle collided with the rear of a white Freightliner semi-truck pulling an unloaded flatbed trailer, ejecting Schleuger from the motorcycle.
Witnesses reported that the motorcycle subsequently caught fire and was engulfed in flames.
The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured in the incident. All southbound lanes of I-29 were closed for approximately three hours while emergency crews responded and conducted an investigation.