Victim of fatal accident at 63rd and Parallel identified

The victim of a fatal accident at 63rd and Parallel Parkway at 6:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, has been identified.

The victim was Laresha I. Smith, 29, a resident of Kansas City, Kan., police said.

Officers responding to the accident found a small vehicle overturned on the median of the roadway, police said.

The initial investigation found that a Honda eastbound on Parallel Parkway clipped a Buick in the intersection that was traveling northbound on North 63rd Street, police said.

The driver of the Honda was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries, according to police. The driver of the Buick was not injured.

The case is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, and anyone with information may call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.