Motorcyclist is killed in wreck with school bus in KCK

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning when his bike crashed into a left-turning school bus in Kansas City, Kan.

None of the nine children or two adults on the bus were injured.

The wreck occurred about 8:45 a.m. when the school bus was traveling south on Seventh Street. The bus was turning onto Homer Avenue when it was hit by the northbound motorcycle, said Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman Officer Zac Blair.

The speed of the motorcycle was not known Tuesday morning, but Blair said the damage indicated the speed had been high.

Police said the driver of the motorcycle was a man in his early 20s. His name was not immediately released, pending notification of family.

The children were preschool students. School officials and police helped escort the children to a new bus and they continued on to the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools Childhood Center.

The wreck is under investigation by the Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit/Critical Collision Response Team.

This story was originally published September 25, 2018 at 9:25 AM.