Crime

Photos show damaged car linked to hit-and-run that killed woman Sunday on Main Street

Update: Kansas City police on Monday morning said a suspect in the hit-and-run surrendered to police.

After a 23-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run early Sunday near 43rd and Main Streets in Kansas City, police are asking for the public’s help.

The crash was reported about 2:24 a.m. after the car hit the woman as she crossed Main Street from the west to the east, according to the Kansas City Police Department.

The car, which was traveling south, left the scene. The woman died.

On Sunday, police circulated photos of a black Ford Focus found abandoned several blocks from where the crash scene. The car showed heavy damage to the front end and windshield. A paper temporary tag appeared to have been torn from the car.
On Sunday, police circulated photos of a black Ford Focus found abandoned several blocks from where the crash scene. The car showed heavy damage to the front end and windshield. A paper temporary tag appeared to have been torn from the car. Kansas City Police Department

On Sunday, police circulated photos of a black Ford Focus found abandoned several blocks from the crash scene.

The car showed damage to the front end and the windshield. A paper temporary tag appeared to have been torn from the car.

On Sunday, police circulated photos of a black Ford Focus found abandoned several blocks from where the crash scene. A paper temporary tag appeared to have been torn from the car.
On Sunday, police circulated photos of a black Ford Focus found abandoned several blocks from where the crash scene. A paper temporary tag appeared to have been torn from the car. Kansas City Police Department

Police also circulated photos that showed the car and the victim at the time of the crash.

Anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

A 23-year-old Kansas City woman as struck and killed by a car Sunday in a hit-and-run near 43rd and Main streets, according to Kansas City police. 
A 23-year-old Kansas City woman as struck and killed by a car Sunday in a hit-and-run near 43rd and Main streets, according to Kansas City police.  Kansas City Police Department

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This story was originally published June 21, 2020 at 3:26 PM.

Ian Cummings
The Kansas City Star
Ian Cummings is a managing editor at The Kansas City Star, where he started as a reporter in 2015. He is a Kansas City native and graduated from the University of Kansas in 2012.
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