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May 30, 2026

Driver dies after motorcycle accident on Kansas highway

Posted May 30, 2026 11:30 PM

LABETTE COUNTY—A Missouri man died in an accident just before 7:30a.m. Saturday in Labette County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Harley-Davidson driven by Lynn Carl Hinkle, 69, Walnut Shade, Missouri was westbound on U.S. 400 one mile east of U.S. 169. The motorcycle traveled off the road to the south into a ditch and overturned. 

Hinkle was transported to Labette Health and pronounced deceased. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.