Car strikes, kills bicyclist in Independence Saturday morning, police say
A bicyclist was killed Saturday morning after a car struck him on Missouri 78 highway in Independence.
Independence police said in a news release that an eastbound Ford Mustang struck the bicyclist who was heading south across Missouri 78, also called East 23rd Street, near Crescent Avenue just after 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The bicyclist died at the scene. The driver and only person inside the Ford was not injured.
Police said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
Cortlynn Stark
The Kansas City Star