Police investigating fatal accident in 1200 block of Osage

Kansas City, Kansas, police officers are investigating a fatal accident about 10:04 p.m. Sunday, May 13, in the 1200 block of Osage Avenue.

According to a police spokesman, an initial investigation showed that a Ford four-door car was traveling southbound on 12th Street when a Ford F-150 pickup failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with the car.

The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was found deceased at the scene of the accident, the police spokesman stated. The driver of the pickup fled the scene before police arrived, police said.

The identity of the victim will be released after there is positive identification and family notification, the spokesman said.

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