The Kansas Highway Patrol says six motorcycles crashed on a Topeka highway Monday morning after one of them unexpectedly slowed down. Two of the motorcyclists were injured.

According to the Patrol’s crash report, the line of bikers were traveling along I-70 at Rice Road in Topeka when one of them slowed down for unknown reasons.

“The bike that started to slow down was struck by the motorcycle directly behind it, causing a chain-reaction collision,” according to the report.

The motorcyclists were from far-flung locations across the country, including West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona and Missouri. Two bikers at the end of the line were injured in the crash. James Marshall, 69, of Bruceton Mills, WV., and Clinton Gunter, 65, of Yuma Arizona, were both transported to Stormont Vail Medical Center.

A former executive of a Kansas City-area roofing company has been sentenced to prison in connection with the company’s employment of immigrants not authorized to work in the United States.

The investigation netted the government millions of dollars in asset forfeitures

The former executive, Tommy F. Keaton, 71, Shawnee, Kan., was sentenced Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Keaton was indicted in June 2016 in connection with the use of undocumented workers by Century Roofing, whose corporate name is Canadian West, Inc., to install commercial and residential roofs in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

In addition, Judge Robinson ordered the forfeiture of $1.4 million seized from Keaton in the case. Keaton remains on bond but must report to federal prison when so ordered by the U.S. Marshals Service. He pleaded guilty Feb. 16 to harboring an alien unlawfully in the U.S., a felony, pursuant to a plea agreement in which he admitted his conduct involved harboring up to 24 undocumented aliens in the United States through roofing projects managed by Century.

Previously, two other defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the case, Graziano Cornolo, 56, Lenexa, and Alberto Diaz-Hernandez, 34. Cornolo pleaded guilty to unlawful employment of aliens and was placed on probation. In addition, Cornolo forfeited more than $800,000 and his interest in $500,000 seized from Century. Diaz-Hernandez pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with Century’s unlawful employment practices and was placed on two years’ probation.

In all, more than $2 million is assets were forfeited in the case, in addition to the criminal convictions and sentences. Beall said the case involved multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies led by Homeland Security Investigations, and he thanked them for their outstanding work on the case. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson.

A Kansas City man was sentenced Monday to 52 months for a robbery at a Leawood bank.

U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Chad English, 43, Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. In his plea, he admitted he drove the getaway car during an Aug. 24, 2016, robbery at Central Bank of the Midwest at 4801 Town Center Drive in Leawood.

Beall said Co-defendant Terry Lovelady, 58, Kansas City, Mo., went into the bank and gave the clerk a note saying, “Hurry up. Put the $$ in the bag. No funny bizz.” He left the bank with stolen money and a hidden tracking device.

Police followed the tracking device to locate the getaway car where it was stopped at a traffic light at 119th Street and Glenwood. The robbers led police on a chase, running red lights, cutting off other drivers and reaching a speed of 90 mph. The robbers crossed into Missouri before stopping the car and fleeing on foot. Officers tackled English. Lovelady was found hiding in a hospital parking garage.

Lovelady pleaded guilty and he is set for sentencing July 31.