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KANSAS CITY, MO – A collision on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City claimed the life of a pedestrian late Saturday night, police said.   WDAF reports officers responded to the scene near 33rd Street after the incident was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m.   An investigation indicated that a woman was walking across Prospect Avenue […]

KANSAS CITY, MO – A motorcycle rider was critically injured in a crash in Kansas City on Saturday night.   A report by WDAF states that a police officer initially attempted to stop the operator of a Honda Nighthawk motorcycle in the area of Independence Avenue and Lawndale Avenue but the rider refused to stop.

WARRENSBURG, MO – A rear-end collision in Johnson County on Sunday afternoon sent three people to the hospital, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.   State troopers and first responders were called to the area of westbound U.S. 50 and Maguire Street north of Warrensburg, according to the MSHP’s accident report.   An investigation determined

KANSAS CITY, MO – Four people were injured, one critically, following a wreck in Kansas City on Sunday night.   WDAF reports two vehicles collided at the intersection of Blue Ridge Boulevard and 79th Street.  A police investigation determined that the driver of a Honda Odyssey was traveling at a high rate of speed on

Three people were taken to the hospital following a collision between a car and a truck in Cass County late Monday night.

KANSAS CITY, MO – Kansas City police were dispatched to the scene of a car crash at a store in the Brookside neighborhood on Friday morning, according to WDAF.   Officers arrived shortly after 2:15 a.m. to find that a vehicle had crashed into a CVS store at 63rd Street and Brookside Boulevard.   There

KANSAS CITY, MO – A two-vehicle collision in Kansas City on Sunday morning led to the death of a pedestrian, police said.   WDAF reported details of the incident, which is being labelled as a hit-and-run.   Police said the driver of a westbound BMW 535XI was traveling at high speed on Truman Boulevard at about

KANSAS CITY, MO – New details have been released regarding a fatal crash involving a stolen car in east Kansas City last week, KSHB reports.   The people who died in the wreck have now been identified, police said.   They include two of the vehicle’s passengers, 37-year-old Reginald K. Smith and 32-year-old Myesha S. Gentry. 

KANSAS CITY, MO – Police said a collision in Kansas City Saturday night claimed the life of a motorcycle rider.   The Kansas City Star reports the incident happened in the city’s Northland area, at the intersection of U.S. 169 Highway and Northwest Barry Road.   Police said the operator of a Harley Davidson motorcycle

JACKSON COUNTY, MO – One person was killed and two others injured in a crash in Jackson County on Thursday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report.   The incident took place on Missouri 291 Highway at Cement City Road.  The MSHP said the driver of a 2005 Mercedes Benz made a left