WICHITA, Kan. — An employee of Siemens in Hutchinson was killed in a motorcycle accident Wednesday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that 54-year-old Gary Blankenship of Wichita was killed when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on I-235 near the Sedgwick County Zoo.

The KHP says in the crash reported a little before 2 p.m., the SUV was traveling north in the right lane on I-235 and Blankenship was behind the vehicle. The SUV changed lanes to the left and began slowing down. Blakenship was unable to slow down and hit the vehicle in the rear.

The driver and two passengers of the SUV were not injured in the crash.