Kansas City police investigate hit-and-run that left 1 dead Thursday morning
Kansas City police were investigating a body found Thursday morning near East 23rd Street Trafficway and Interstate 435 as a hit-and-run crash.
Officers were dispatched shortly before 10:30 a.m. to a reported medical call for a person on the ground. An injured person was found in the middle of an access road and taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police identified the person who died as a female. Further details of her identity were not disclosed.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed she died of blunt force trauma that was consistent with being run over by a vehicle, according to police.
Police continued to investigate the case on Friday.
Bill Lukitsch
The Kansas City Star