KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal motorcycle, boat-trailer crash on Independence Day have identified the victim as 56-year-old Timothy Merkel of Kansas City.
Just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday, a Honda Valkyrie driven by Merkel was westbound on Northeast Cookingham Drive at NE Reinking in Kansas City, according to Police Capitain Corey Carlisle.
Merkel laid the motorcycle down, slid under and struck the right side of a trailer with a Sting Ray boat pulled by a Chevy Silverado that was turning from NE Cookingham onto NE Reinking.
EMS transported Merkel to an area hospital. The driver of the pickup and a passenger were not injured. Just after 3:30p.m. Tuesday, police reported Merkel had died.