UPDATE, March 22 | Police Wednesday identified the victim as 63-year-old Gayla Ann Freeman of Kansas City, Kansas. Police are still asking the public for information in the case.
EARLIER | A vehicle struck and killed a woman Monday afternoon at a busy KCK intersection.
KCK police said the woman was trying to cross the street about 3:10 p.m. at the traffic light at 10th Street and Central Avenue when the incident occurred.
An ambulance took the woman to a hospital where she later died, police said.
The driver of the vehicle left the scene, but officers found her and police say she is cooperating with the investigation, police said.
Police have not released the victim's name.
This incident is under investigation by the KCKPD Traffic Division. Anyone who may have been a witness or has any information about this incident is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
