The victim of a fatal accident in the 5900 block of Nogard Sunday has been identified, according to police.
The victim was identified as Cynthia M. Goulding, 59, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, according to a police spokesman.
Goulding stopped to check on the driver of a sport utility vehicle that was involved in an accident around 3:04 a.m. Sunday, when the SUV was struck again by a pickup, killing her, according to police.
There were two crash incidents involving three vehicles and one fatality, police stated. An SUV traveling southbound on 59th and Nogard was struck by a sedan traveling north, police stated. The sedan came to rest about one block away, and the driver and occupants fled on foot, police said. Then the pickup truck struck the SUV.
The SUV’s driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The driver of the pickup was taken into custody.
The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Traffic Division, the spokesman stated. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.