CLAY COUNTY, MO – A man was killed when his motorcycle crashed in Clay County on Thursday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
State troopers and Pleasant Valley police responded to the accident scene on Interstate 35 near Pleasant Valley Road at about 3:30 p.m.
The MSHP’s preliminary investigation indicated that a man was riding a 2015 Ultra Low Classic Harley Davidson southbound when he went off the left side of the roadway and collided with a guardrail.
The rider, a 35-year-old man from Albert Lea, Minnesota, was ejected from the bike and pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the wreck.
The southbound lanes of I-35 were shut down north of Pleasant Valley Road while the crash was being cleared and investigated. All lanes reopened about 5 p.m.
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