One person killed in accident along Ninth Street, police say

One person was killed Friday evening after an accident along Ninth Street, police say.

Around 10 p.m. Lawrence Police officers responded to an accident near the intersection of Ninth and Mississippi streets, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Mark Unruh. There, a car hit a male pedestrian, who was killed.

Unruh said identifying information was not immediately available for the male who was killed and he did not know if the driver of the car was injured or not.

Unruh also said information regarding how the accident happened, or whether additional people were involved was not available.

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