BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- A man on a motorcycle leading and controlling traffic for a funeral procession was hit by a sport utility vehicle and was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The 51-year-old motorcyclist, from Blue Springs, was in critical condition, police said.

The wreck happened at Northwest Woods Chapel Road and Northwest Briarwood Drive.

Witnesses told police that the SUV driver had been weaving in and out of traffic trying to pass vehicles in the funeral procession, and investigators said the 20-year-old driver may have been intoxicated.

Police took the SUV driver, also from Blue Springs, into custody.