A Colorado man was killed in northern Kansas in a crash involving a motorcycle and tractor

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 68-year-old Thomas Lewis from Firestone, Colorado, was riding a 2022 Moto Guzzi motorcycle headed east on US 36 Highway in Washington County.  He crashed into the back of a 1981 John Deer tractor which was also headed east.

Lewis was ejected from the motorcycle, and suffered fatal injuries. The tractor driver, a 26-year-old man from Diller, Nebraska, was not hurt.

The crash happened at around 2:45 Tuesday afternoon on US 36 Highway at milepost 269, about a 1/2 mile east of Osage Road, in Washington County.