Prosecutors: Man who struck, killed pedestrian allegedly speeding before crash

Jackson County prosecutors allege a man who struck and killed a woman riding a scooter last September was speeding just before the crash.

Just before noon on Sept. 26, 2024, Kansas City, Missouri, police received a call to respond to the intersection of E. 51st Street and Troost Avenue on reports that a pedestrian crossing Troost was struck.

Police and paramedics arrived to find a woman who had been riding a scooter across Troost had been struck by a driver going northbound on Troost…

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