Man critically injured after running in front of car on I-70 in Kansas City, police say
A man was critically injured when he ran out in front of a vehicle on Interstate 70 in Kansas City Monday night, police said.
Officers responded to a single-vehicle collision just before 11:30 p.m. on I-70 near East 23rd Street in Kansas City. A silver Ford Focus was traveling west on the highway when the driver saw a figure run out in front of his vehicle, according to a Kansas City Police Department report.
The driver of the Ford Focus told officers he was unable to avoid hitting the figure, which he thought was a deer, the report said. Then he stopped the car and saw that it was a man who had ran out in front of his vehicle.
The man was taken to a hospital suffering life-threatening injuries, the report said.
No other information about the crash was immediately available. An investigation is ongoing.
