62-year-old motorcyclist died in a car accident in Wichita on Wednesday evening

WICHITA, Kansas (WIBW) – A motorcyclist was killed in a car crash in west Wichita Wednesday evening, authorities said.

The accident was reported at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Highway 54 and Interstate 235 northbound.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle struck a guardrail because it was traveling too fast to negotiate a curve on the ramp from westbound US-54 to northbound I-235.

Motorcyclist Jay Alan Markwell, 62, of Wichita, was taken to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, where he was pronounced dead. Patrol officers said Markwell was not wearing his helmet.

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