Midtown Kansas City Traffic Tragedy Overnight: Woman Killed After Hit & Run

Round-up of news from earlier today and reminder to local denizens that drivers rarely give people walking on the street a brake. Here's another reason to be cautious:

Woman critically injured in hit-and-run overnight

A woman was critically injured in a hit-and-run on a pedestrian overnight in Kansas City, Mo., according to police. An officer was flagged down near 39th Street and Broadway Boulevard around 1:40 a.m. Friday after someone found a woman lying in the street. She had been the victim of a hit-and-run.