WYANDOTTE COUNTY — Police have identified the victim in Sunday evenings deadly hit-and-run on Leavenworth Road as 34-year-old Heather Lorenz of Kansas City, Kansas.
Just before 7p.m. Sunday, Lorenz and a man were walking eastbound on Leavenworth Road at N. 55th Street when an eastbound vehicle struck her and did not stop.
Lorenz was pronounced deceased on scene. The driver of the vehicle that struck her fled the scene, but later turned himself in to police.
Anyone who believes they may have seen the vehicle or has information related to this incident is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477). For more information on the KCKPD, please visit our website at kckpd.org