KANSAS CITY, MO : A fatal hit-and-run in Kansas City on Monday, 11th December 2023

A fatal hit-and-run in Kansas City is under investigation.

Police said an initial investigation revealed that a stolen white Hyundai Sonata was driving at a high rate of speed heading southbound on Agnes Ave. -- which is a one-way northbound street -- in the area of 31st Street.

KCPD said the Hyundai entered the intersection of 31st and Agnes and struck a silver Cadillac STS traveling eastbound on 31st Street.

The only occupant of the Cadillac, 51-year-old James E. Eatman, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver and occupants of the Hyundai -- which was stolen -- fled the scene on foot.

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