KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A driver has been charged with hitting and killing a Good Samaritan as she tried to help the victim of an earlier crash in Kansas City, Kansas.
Prosecutors announced Friday that 42-year-old Ramon Vazquez-Carmona faces one count of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence in the March 14 crash that killed Cindy Goulding. Vazquez-Carmona also faces a lesser charge of driving without a valid license.
Kansas City, Kansas, police said Goulding exited her car to help after a sedan struck a sport utility vehicle. She then was struck by a pickup truck and declared dead at the scene.
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JOHNSON COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 3a.m. Sunday in Johnson County.
Kansas City police reported a northbound sedan struck a southbound SUV at 59th Street and Nogard. The sedan came to rest about a block from the crash. The driver and occupants fled the scene on foot.
A Good Samaritan, identified as a woman in her late 50s, stopped to check on the crash and was standing next to the SUV. A pickup struck the SUV. The impact killed the Good Samaritan, according to KCPD.
EMS transported the driver of the SUV to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police also arrested the pickup driver. Authorities have not reported an arrest of the sedan driver or released name of the woman who died.