Police searching for Crown Victoria in connection with fatality accident

Kansas City, Kan., police are searching for a light blue Crown Victoria in connection with a fatal accident that happened at 1:16 a.m. Sept. 1 at 3rd and Oakland.

When police arrived at the accident site, they found a deceased man who had been struck by a vehicle, a police spokesman said.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the vehicle, a 2000 to 2006 light blue, clear coat, metallic Ford Crown Victoria. The car has front end driver-side damage, and it is missing the driver’s side view mirror, the spokesman said. The mirrors on the care are black. The driver’s side headlight also is missing or broken, according to police.

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending positive identification and family notification, police said.

The accident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit-Critical Collision Response Team. The Police Department is asking anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.