By Associated Press - Saturday, December 21, 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man walking on a Kansas City highway early Saturday was hit by a car and killed, police said.

Kansas City police said in a news release that the crash happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday on Missouri 152 just west of Liberty, killing a 23-year-old man from Kearney, Missouri. The victim’s name had not been released by midday Saturday.

Police said the driver of the car - a 24-year-old man from Kansas City - stopped at the scene. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.



An investigation into the crash was ongoing.

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