KANSAS CITY (AP) — A woman has died after being hit by a car as she walked on a street near the south end of Kansas City, police said.
Police said the crash happened late Wednesday night on Troost Avenue just south of 71st Terrace Street and Forest Hill Cemetery, killing 52-year-old Kim Ruff of Kansas City. Ruff was either walking along or trying to cross the street when she was hit by a northbound car, police said in a news release. Ruff died at the scene.
The driver of the car stopped and cooperated with police, officials said. Neither the driver nor a passenger in the car was injured.