A motorcycle rider is dead after crashing their bike on I-435.
Kansas City, Missouri, police say a blue and silver Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle was traveling eastbound on I-435 near Holmes Street at “an extremely high rate of speed” when, for reasons still under investigation, the rider hit their front brake, causing the motorcycle to overturn.
The motorcycle and rider tumbled to a stop where they caught fire, according to police. The rider died at the scene…