Mar 14, 2021

Good Samaritan killed after 3-vehicle Kan. crash

Posted Mar 14, 2021 4:00 PM

JOHNSON COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 3a.m. Sunday in Johnson County.

Kansas City police reported a northbound sedan struck a southbound SUV at  59th Street and Nogard.  The sedan came to rest about a block from the crash. The driver and occupants fled the scene on foot.

A Good Samaritan, identified as a woman in her late 50s, stopped to check on the crash and was standing next to the SUV. A pickup struck the SUV. The impact killed the Good Samaritan, according to KCPD.

EMS transported the driver of the SUV to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police also arrested the pickup driver.  Authorities have not reported an arrest of the sedan driver or released name of the woman who died.