UPDATE, April 8 | Kansas City, Kansas, police identified the victim as Jeffrey Leigh, 66. He was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.
ORIGINAL STORY | A pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a dump truck Tuesday morning near 43rd Street and State Line Road in Kansas City, Kansas.
Emergency crews were called to the scene just after 8:30 a.m. on reports of a crash involving a pedestrian.
First responders arrived on scene and located an adult male deceased in the road.
Police say that while the driver of the truck fled the scene, the construction company worked with police to help identify and locate the driver.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to call police.
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