Woman killed in Kansas crash while checking on hurt driver

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) –  Police in Kansas City, Kansas say a woman trying to help a car crash victim has died after being hit by another vehicle.

The Kansas City Star reports an SUV was going south on North 59th Street on Sunday when it was hit by a sedan going the opposite direction.

A Kansas City, Kansas police spokeswoman says the sedan’s driver and its passengers fled on foot.

A woman in her 50s stopped to check on the SUV’s driver.

While she was out of her car, a pickup truck hit the SUV and her. She was declared dead at the scene.