On Wednesday July 13, a teen was critically injured in a hit and run incident in Kansas City.

According to authorities, the incident happened in Kessler Park at Reservoir and Lookout Point Drive at 4.30 a.m. It appears that Keontay Cheffen was hanging out with the four suspects in the incident when there was a disagreement. It seems that the suspects were in a stolen vehicle and drove at Cheffen and another friend. Cheffen pushed the friend to safety, but was then hit himself although the driver claims they did not mean to hit him.

Cheffen was seriously injured in the crash and was taken to Truman Medical Center with severe head trauma. There doctors are keeping him on a ventilator in a medically induced coma in an attempt to reduce the swelling and bleeding in his brain.

The incident is still under investigation.

If you or your loved ones have been injured in an accident in Missouri, please call the Kansas City accident attorneys of Protzman Law Firm at (816) 221-6400 or contact us online right away.

On Wednesday, May 18 the body of a pedestrian was found in Kansas City.

According to police the body was found around 5.30 a.m. at the Flying J near I-435 and Front Street. Police believe that a pedestrian, who may have been homeless, fell asleep underneath a tractor-trailer parked in the back of the parking lot. When the driver later pulled his truck out to leave, he ran over the man and killed him. Police believe the trucker might not know they killed someone since these trailers are so heavy.

Police say that the injuries were substantial and the victim, whose identity has not been released; only that he was a male, died immediately at the scene

Investigators are still working to identify the victim and talking to witnesses in order to identify the driver. In addition they plan to look at surveillance video to try and identify the driver, but they are not hopeful they will be able to identify him as there as so many truckers passing through.

If you or your loved ones have been injured in an accident in Missouri, please call the Kansas City accident attorneys of Protzman Law Firm at (816) 221-6400 or contact us online right away.