Motorcycle driver falls 35 feet off Kansas City highway that is under construction

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A motorcycle driver is fighting for their life after they fell 35 feet into a railyard below a Kansas City, Mo., highway that is under construction.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says that just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, emergency crews were called to the area of northbound Highway 169 and Highway 9 with reports of a single-vehicle crash.

When first responders arrived, they said they found a blue Kawasaki motorcycle had been headed north on 169 Highway, however, the driver had been speeding too fast to maintain control around the curve just before the Highway 9 exit.

KCPD noted that the roadway in the area is under construction and has been reduced to a single lane, the right lane, while the left lane is closed with cones. The driver went straight through the curve and hit a concrete jersey barrier.

Emergency crews said that after the driver hit the barrier, the motorcycle’s momentum kept the pair going north, bouncing off the barrier before the driver was ejected and fell 35 feet below on railroad grounds, but not the tracks.

KCPD said a Union Pacific train had been passing through the area when the operator saw the driver fall. The train was able to stop while the conductor called 911. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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