By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A motorcyclist suffered serious injury after being rear-ended by a SUV late last night in front of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Headquarters in St. Joseph.
St. Joseph police report 54-year-old Edward Mauzey of St. Joseph has been transferred to KU Medical Center in Kansas City with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV has been arrested on suspicion of stealing the vehicle.
Police say the crash occurred near the intersection of North Belt Highway and Rochester Road at around 11 o’clock last night. According to police, the SUV struck the motorcycle from behind and then rolled several times onto the front lawn of the state highway patrol headquarters.
This article has been updated since first published.