PLATT COUNTY, Mo. -A Kansas man died in an accident on Interstate 29 just after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in Northwest Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Harley Davidson driven by John Bledsoe, 41, Huron, was southbound on Interstate 29 at the Interstate 435 Interchange when it developed a mechanical problem.

The motorcycle began sliding; Bledsoe was ejected and then hit by a 2015 Ford Escape.

Bledsoe was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office.

A passenger on the motorcycle Michelle Bledsoe, 46, Huron, was transported to North Kansas City Hospital.

The SUV traveled off the road and hit a cable barrier. The driver Cody B. Everett, 28, Jackson, MO., was not injured.