Lee's Summit, MO : 55-year-old motorcyclist dead in the westbound lanes of Interstate 470 at U.S. 50. in Lee’s Summit on Thursday, 2nd August 2018

A 55-year-old man died after a car struck a motorcycle he was driving on Interstate 470, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

The crash happened around 8:15 p.m. Thursday in the westbound lanes of Interstate 470 at U.S. 50. in Lee’s Summit.

The highway patrol report said the right rear part of a 2014 Toyota Corolla hit a 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle, causing the motorcycle to overturn.

The motorcycle driver, identified as Kevin W. Dawson, of Harrisonville, was thrown off the motorcycle and the Corolla came to a stop on the right shoulder of the interstate, the report said.

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