WRIGHT CITY, Mo. — A man from Alberta, Canada, died Tuesday night after crashing his motorcycle into another vehicle while lane splitting on Interstate 70 in Wright City.
According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 26-year-old Kyler Jay was following behind an SUV at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on westbound I-70 just before North Stringtown Road.
When the SUV slowed down in front of him, Jay attempted to lane split between the SUV and a tractor-trailer before his motorcycle crashed into the right side of the SUV, according to MSHP.
EMS pronounced Jay dead at the scene.
No other injuries were reported.
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