Motorcycle

A motorcycle rider is still in critical condition after crashing on Kellogg Thursday.  The accident prompted the road to close for a couple of hours. Wichita police say a car had tire issues and pulled over just west of I-235.  The car stopped on the inside lane.  Traffic around it was slowing down,but police say the motorcycle rider may not have realized it was happening. The motorcycle rider laid down his bike and slid into the vehicle in front of him.  The motorcycle burst into flames.  A Clearwater EMS unit was near the area and transported the motorcycle driver to the hospital.

A 44-year-old Hutchinson man is hurt after losing control of his motorcyle Tuesday. Authorities tell us the man was riding a 2000 Yamaha R1 eastbound on 4th Street when he hit some sand and lost control at Mohawk Road. His motorcycle struck a utility pole and he was thrown down the embankment of a pond. Emergency crews thought he suffered serious injuries, so he was airlifted to a Wichita hospital for treatment. His injuries were not that serious, he was treated and released.

Emergency crews respond to an accident Sunday afternoon on K-254 at the Hillside exit in Wichita. Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol say a vehicle East-bound on the highway left the road for an unknown reason, over corrected, then crossed the median.  The car then went into the West-bound lanes into the path of a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle tried to stop, but tipped over, and skidded to a stop.  The car overturned once. The male driver and female passenger of the motorcycle were rushed to the hospital in critical condition.  Both are in their 40's.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has released the names of the woman killed and the man critically hurt in an overnight motorcycle crash. Troopers say 19-year-old Mallory Scofield of Wichita was killed in the crash, 21-year-old Joshua Wynn was driving the motorcycle, he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Neither was wearing a helmet. -------- A police chase overnight leads to a crash that left a woman dead and another person in critical condition. It started near 27th Street South and Meridian.

A motorcycle rider dies after losing control while passing a car in Garden City. The Garden City Police Department says around 7:52 Sunday evening, 25-year-old Thomas Messenger was driving west on Kansas Ave. near McCoy Dr. Investigators say, while he was accelerating, Messenger changed lanes to pass a car. Police say as Messenger passed the car and went to go back to the inside lane, he locked the brakes on his motorcycle and lost control....

At a time when they would normally be working, the employees of 'Jeffrey's Lawn Care' can only look at the spot where their equipment should be parked. "We walked outside and were like, 'where's the trailer at?'" Two mowers are all that's left of the business 18 year-old Jeff McGuire started five years ago. Thieves made off with his trailer and $5,000 worth of equipment, sometime last weekend. Leaving McGuire and his one employee without jobs. "It's just disappointing because I was going to sell it when I graduated and get a motorcycle or cheap car or just keep it and go to welding school and use it to pay my way through school.

A 62-year-old Wichita man dies when his motorcycle leaves the road and crashes. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Robert Sauers was heading north on I-235, just north of the Central Street exit around 12:30am Sunday. Officials say he left the road for an unknown reason, entered the median where the motorcycle flipped several times, throwing Sauers. He was transported to St. Francis hospital where he died a few hours later. The Kansas Highway Patrol says he was not wearing a helmet.

The journey began at a Harley Davidson retailer in Wisconsin.  It's part of the second annual nationwide patriot tour. Today it stopped in Park City. The flag is passed off city by city by motorcycle enthusiasts who want to show their support for military members and families. The group that brought the flag to Park City comes from Joplin, Missouri.  Some of those bikers lost their homes in the tornado last May. They say it was still important to make this trip.

Going through a dead red is now legal in Wichita.   The city council updated its city ordinance today to mirror what state law says. On July 1st, state law changed allowing motorcycles to go through red light if it hasn't changed after a reasonable amount of time.   Motorcycles are often too light and don't trigger the sensors to change traffic lights. Mayor Carl Brewer says he's concerned that a reasonable time can be interpreted differently but still approved the changes.