Owner says man killed when car from fell on him was trying to steal catalytic converter
02/23/2020 12:27 pm PST
via WDAF:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- A person is dead after a car he was trying to steal from reportedly fell on top of him. The owner of the vehicle tells FOX4 the man was trying to steal the catalytic converter from under the Prius.
Police are still investigating what happened Friday morning in a parking lot near 7th Street and Baltimore Avenue, only confirming that a person was killed under a car.
The owner of the Toyota Prius, who didn't want to be identified, said he was at work when he learned his car had crushed a man. The owner of the vehicle said a person in another vehicle apparently tried to lift the Prius off the man using a jack, but the man died at the scene.
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