KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A bicyclist died after being hit by a pickup truck Wednesday night in a hit-and-run crash in northeast Kansas City, according to Kansas City police.

The crash was reported just after 9 p.m. Wednesday at Independence and Hardesty avenues.

According to a crash summary from the Kansas City Police Department, a bicyclist was traveling east on Independence Avenue and then went into the westbound lane at the intersection.

A person driving a white pickup truck that was traveling west on Independence Avenue hit the bicyclist head-on and left the scene, police said.

Paramedics were called, and the bicyclist was pronounced dead shortly afterward. The victim's name has not yet been released.

No further information about the truck driver has been released as of Thursday mornin

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