KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Forty-eight hours after a bad wreck blamed on a pothole, a 7-year-old Independence girl is showing no signs of brain activity but is still on life support at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
Since FOX4’s reporting on this situation , the Missouri Department of Transportation has put up a long line of traffic cones around the potholes on East 23rd Street Trafficway.
The potholes are still there with MoDOT saying that a likely water main break will need to be repaired before the potholes can be filled.
A spokesperson for Kansas City said they do not have any water mains or ground pipes in the area.
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None of this information is soothing to people who’ve had run-ins with the spot before the bad wreck with the little girl.
Family members blame the pothole for causing this crash that happened just before 5 p.m. Monday .
Tiler Dildine is a first grade student out of Independence. Her family said she was hit broadside after the Suburban she rode in crossed the median, overcorrecting after hitting the pothole.