KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A motorcyclist is dead after an overnight wreck near 22nd Street and Grand Boulevard, according to Kansas City, Missouri, police.
KCPD said officers were called to the crash around 1:40 a.m. Sunday.
Investigators determined a red and white Honda 450R was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when the driver went off the roadway and struck a street light pole.
The collision ejected the driver from the motorcycle.
Police said the motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, died at the scene.
This incident marks the 73rd traffic fatality of the year in KCMO.
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