photo by: Conrad Swanson

A critically injured motorcyclist is loaded into a medical helicopter near 24th Street and Kasold Drive following a car-motorcycle crash Thursday morning, Sept. 15, 2016.

A motorcyclist was critically injured after colliding with an SUV Thursday morning on Kasold Drive, south of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said.

The area near 24th Street and Kasold was closed for a time to allow landing room for a medical helicopter. The road was reopened as of 12:20 p.m., Lawrence police said.

Emergency personnel were called to the area around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, Lawrence Police Officer Drew Fennelly said. The motorcycle was southbound on Kasold and collided with an SUV that was turning northbound onto Kasold, Fennelly said. The driver of the SUV suffered minor abrasions, Fennelly said. It was not immediately known whether the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet or whether the driver was wearing a seatbelt.

View Map