JOHNSON COUNTY —The Kansas Highway Patrol is seeking assistance from the public to identify witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run fatal that occurred just before 2:30a.m. Saturday on southbound Interstate 35 just north of the exit to Santa Fe in Johnson County, Kansas.
The collision involved a pedestrian and a maroon Volvo truck tractor, commercial vehicle, hauling a white trailer.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a maroon Volvo semi hauling a white trailer was southbound and struck a pedestrian identified as 27-year-old Maxwell Michael Pozek of Lenexa and didn't stop.
Pozek was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Johnson County Medical Examiner's office.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact the KHP.