The victim of a fatal accident at 12:15 a.m. Sunday, June 14, at 10th and Parallel has been identified.
The man who died was Myron Gardner, 42, of Kansas City, Kansas, according to a spokesman with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
Gardner was driving a four-door sedan that was crossing Parallel Parkway northbound at 10th Street when it was struck by a sport utility vehicle, according to police.
There were three adults and two juveniles in the sedan, while there were two adults in the SUV.
The driver of the SUV fled on foot, but later turned herself in to police, the spokesman stated. Kendra K. Womack, 25, of Kansas City, Kansas, is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on charges of failure to stop at an accident that resulted in a death, a police spokesman stated. Bond was set at $100,000.
The accident is being investigated by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Traffic Support Unit – Critical Collision Response Team, the spokesman stated.