Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash with parked vehicle near Troost Avenue

A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital after crashing into a parked vehicle late Sunday.

Officers with the Kansas City Police Department responded to the area of the 1100 block of East 77th Street around 9 p.m. on reports of a crash.

When they arrived, they learned that a motorcyclist had been traveling west on 77th Street approaching Troost Avenue when he struck a parked white Jeep Cherokee.

The motorcyclist fell from his motorcycle as a result. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.