KANSAS CITY, MO – Police in Kansas City were searching for the driver of a stolen truck who struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday afternoon, reports KCTV.
Police initially tried to stop the driver near Independence Avenue and Topping Avenue. The driver rammed a police car and fled the scene, heading south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 435. Authorities discontinued their pursuit of the vehicle at that time, deciding it was too dangerous.
A short time later, police found that a pedestrian had been fatally struck by the truck on Truman Road under the I-435 overpass.
The two occupants of the truck fled the scene after the crash. The passenger, a woman, was apprehended but the man driving the vehicle remained at large. Officers were searching through a wooded area to try and find him.
Authorities shut down the Truman Road exit from I-435 north for the investigation.
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