KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pedestrian was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash Monday night at 24th Street and Jackson Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Labor Day.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says a dark-colored SUV was traveling on northbound Jackson Avenue when the driver struck a Black male pedestrian walking in the street, just south of 24th Street.
The SUV dragged the pedestrian a distance and fled the scene after the pedestrian was removed from the vehicle.
The pedestrian was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries.
KCPD is investigating the crash.
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