Motorcyclist dies after hitting parked car, engulfing both vehicles in flames
Published: Jun. 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM CDT
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - A motorcyclist died late Tuesday after being involved in a serious crash, the Independence Police Department reported.
IPD said that around 10:13 p.m. on June 10, an unidentified motorcyclist on a Harley-Davidson was driving east on 44th Terrace.
Around Phelps Road, the biker started driving the wrong way down the westbound lanes of 44th Terrace and hit a 2016 Kia Soul parked on the side of the road. Both the Harley-Davidson and the Kia caught on fire as a result.
Paramedics said the motorcyclist did not appear to be wearing a helmet during the crash and died at the scene.
Nobody was in the Kia when it was hit.
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