A bicyclist was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Thursday afternoon after a crash involving a freight truck on Kansas City’s busy Truman Road, according to police.
Around 3 p.m., police officers were dispatched to Truman and Kensington Avenue on a reported life-threatening collision. The bicyclist, who was thrown from his vehicle, was taken away by ambulance.
Police investigating the crash determined the bicyclist was heading north on Kensington, holding a “very large cauldron,” and failed to yield for a stop a sign at Truman. He then plowed into the side of a Freightliner truck, according to police.
After the crash, police said the bicyclist ended up in the roadway on Truman.
Police said no one else was injured.