KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident and asking for help to locate a vehicle.
Just before 7p.m. Tuesday, a gray/teal Yamaha motorcycle was eastbound on 40 Highway at a high rate of speed while racing a dark colored SUV, according to KCPD Police Captain Jake Becchina.
In the area of 40 Highway and Phelps, a white Ford F150 was turning left from westbound 40 Highway onto southbound Phelps.
The Yamaha motorcycle struck the Ford pickup as the it was making the turn. The operator of the motorcycle, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle and pronounced deceased at the scene.
The dark colored SUV and the Ford F150 both left the scene of the collision. Highway 40 was completely closed to all traffic at Phelps for approximately two and a half hours.
Police are looking for an older model white Ford F150. The pickup should have heavy damage on the right rear passenger side bed of the truck. It was last seen traveling southbound on Phelps. Anyone with information are asked to contact the KCPD Traffic Division or the TIPS Hotline. Police do not have any additional known suspect information available for the SUV that the motorcycle was racing.
This is fatality #41 compared to #29 at this time last year, according to Becchina.