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Kansas City, Missouri, construction worker dies in hit-and-run crash on I-49

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Posted at 6:24 AM, Oct 08, 2022
and last updated 2022-10-08 10:11:37-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, construction worker died in an overnight hit-and-run crash on northbound Interstate 49 in Peculiar, Missouri.

Northbound Interstate 49 was temporarily closed at Missouri Highway J, before reopening.

At around 1:30 a.m. A 2010 Ford F150 struck a construction worker and fled the scene, according to MSHP.

Officials do not currently know the identity of the driver.

The construction worker, identified as Jonathon Wilson, 35, died on the scene.