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Drive-thru canopy at Kansas City-area bank branch partially collapses

dowiliams@kcstar.com

A canopy at a Sugar Creek bank branch collapsed onto vehicles in the bank’s drive-thru area Monday morning.

The drive-thru canopy at the Central Bank branch at 11206 U.S. 24 was heavily damaged, and the area was blocked off by caution tape and temporary fencing as Monday afternoon.

The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed on Monday, May 4, 2026.
The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed on Monday, May 4. Dominick Williams dowiliams@kcstar.com

Will Carter, a senior vice president at Central Bank of the Midwest, said in an email that a section of the canopy collapsed onto two cars that were in the drive-thru around 10:30 a.m. He said the people who were in the vehicles were “being checked out by local medical professionals.”

The conditions of those people were not immediately clear.

Carter said bank officials were working with the city of Sugar Creek to determine what caused the collapse.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed on Monday, May 4, 2026.
The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed. Dominick Williams dowiliams@kcstar.com
The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed on Monday, May 4, 2026.
The roof of drive-thru bank lanes at Central Bank in Sugar Creek collapsed on Monday. No one was injured. Dominick Williams dowiliams@kcstar.com

This story was originally published May 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM.

Nathan Pilling
The Kansas City Star
Nathan Pilling is a breaking news reporter for The Kansas City Star. He previously worked in newsrooms in Washington state and Ohio and grew up in eastern Iowa.
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