One person killed in motorcycle accident on 12th Street Bridge

A motorcycle accident at the 12th Street Bridge in Kansas City left one person dead early Wednesday morning.

Kansas City police said the single-vehicle crash occurred just after 12:30 a.m. at the 12th Street Bridge over Interstate 35.

One person was killed and another was critically injured.

Police said the victim was heading southbound on the off-ramp from I-35 to 12th Street on a Yamaha motorcycle. As the driver reached the intersection, he lost control and struck a curb. Both the driver and a passenger were ejected. The driver was dead at the scene and the passenger was in critical condition at an area hospital, police said.

Officials later identified the driver as 29-year-old Nicholas Bowman.

This story was originally published July 4, 2018 at 9:42 AM.