An armadillo caused a motorcycle crash in central Kansas early Monday morning.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Jeremy Krankenberg of Hudson was riding his motorcycle westbound on a Stafford County road and struck an armadillo in the roadway.

Krankenberg lost control of the bike and laid it over on the highway. It slid for over 100 feet before coming to rest in the middle of the roadway

The crash happened about 7:40 Monday morning and Krankenberg was taken Great Bend Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries.