Victim of fatal accident identified

Kansas City, Kansas, police have identified the victim of a fatal accident on Aug. 10 near 27th and Hickam.

The victim was Ikisha T. Adams, 36, a Kansas City, Kansas, woman.

According to a police spokesman, officers saw a single four-door vehicle stopped on 27th Street at Parallel Parkway in the middle of the driving lane at 3:19 a.m. Aug. 10.

Officers approached the vehicle, the driver looked at both officers, then sped away at a high rate of speed, the spokesman said. The vehicle went north, accelerating, until it hit a tree at 27th and Hickam.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone who may have more information about the accident is asked to call the police at 913-596-3000.