{"id":217762,"date":"2026-04-03T18:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217762\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:13:50","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-sunday-crash-in-miami-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217762\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies from injuries sustained in Sunday crash in Miami County"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Miami County, Kansas, Sheriff\u2019s Office reports a 36-year-old Fort Scott, Kansas, man has died from injuries he received Sunday night in a head-on collision.<\/p>\n

The crash occurred around 7:32 p.m. Sunday on Plum Creek Road, south of US 169 Highway.<\/p>\n

Andrew Miles, 36, of Fort Scott, was traveling south on Plum Creek Road on a 2009 Harley-Davidson FLHX motorcycle as a 2013 Ram 2500 pickup truck was northbound on the same road.<\/p>\n

The Ram truck, driven by Cooper Sloan, 19, of Mound City, Kansas, crested a hill and encountered the motorcycle in its lane of travel. The truck and motorcycle collided head on and Miles was ejected from the motorcycle, according to a preliminary investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First responders found Miles in the roadway with severe injuries upon arrival at the scene, and he was transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

Sloan and his passenger, 19-year-old Qwintin Fanning, of Osawatomie, Kansas, were not injured, the Miami County Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office was notified Miles had passed away Thursday as a result of his injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Miami County Sheriff\u2019s Office extends its sincerest sympathies to Andrew\u2019s family and loved ones, as well as to Cooper Sloan and Qwintin Fanning,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a social media post Thursday. \u201cThis tragic crash will have a lasting impact on many individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office Traffic Homicide Unit continues to investigate the crash, and no charges are being filed at this time, per police.<\/p>\n

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