79th Ter. & Main St. — Reported Intersection of Truck-Cyclist Crash
A bicyclist was left with life-threatening injuries Saturday morning after a Kansas City Solid Waste Services truck allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign and struck him near 79th Terrace and Main Street. The crash happened just before 10:20 a.m., according to the Kansas City Police Department, and the cyclist was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Police say the bicyclist was traveling southbound on Main Street while the city-owned truck was heading eastbound, according to a preliminary investigation reported by FOX4KC. Investigators believe the truck failed to stop at the intersection’s stop sign before colliding with the bicyclist, who was taken to the hospital and was in critical condition when FOX4KC reported Saturday. The Kansas City Police Department says its investigation into the crash is ongoing.
What Missouri Law Says About the Intersection
Missouri law requires drivers approaching a stop sign to come to a complete stop and yield to certain vehicles under Missouri Revised Statutes section 304.351, according to MO.gov. The statute makes no allowance for rolling stops…