‘Biggest heart’: Man hit, killed by truck while crossing Kansas City street was blind
The son of a visually impaired man struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash as he crossed a Kansas City street is asking for help burying his father.
Donald Bellamy, 59, was killed Friday evening after he was struck by a passing truck as he crossed a major street near Legacy West Park, according to police.
Police responded at about 6:30 p.m. to the intersection of East 89th Street and Troost Avenue, Officer Donna Drake, a department spokeswoman, said at the time. Bellamy was declared dead at the scene. Police are continuing to search for the white truck suspected to have hit Bellamy.
Bellamy who was blind, would have turned 60 on Thursday, according to a post on GoFundMe written by his son.
He had “the biggest heart,” his son wrote on the fundraiser page.
“Asking everyone who can help to please donate what you can to help with cost for his funeral and expenses so I can lay him to rest,” he wrote. “Thanks everyone for your support and kind words, praying we can bring justice to this case.”
