KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – Police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run incident in Kansas City on New Year’s Day.
KCTV reported details of the crash, which occurred at 33rd Street and Prospect Avenue shortly before 9 a.m.
An investigation indicated that the driver of a Chevrolet Impala was going north on Prospect Avenue at a high rate of speed and struck a Chevrolet Monte Carlo that entered the intersection from a stop sign.
The driver of the Monte Carlo, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time, was taken to an area hospital and listed in critical condition. Police said the driver of the Impala fled the scene on foot before first responders arrived. Speed may have been a contributing factor in the collision, investigators said.
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