Overview
- Deputies responded around 8:15 a.m. to Ranson Road and Hook Lane after reports of a crash involving a bicyclist.
- The Lee’s Summit man suffered serious injuries and underwent surgery at a local hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
- The 47-year-old Kansas City dump truck driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
- Crash reconstruction is underway with assistance from the Lee’s Summit Police Department, and findings remain preliminary.
- Officials frame the incident within a 2025 rise in pedestrian deaths and highlight MoDOT’s Lookout for Casey campaign and risk factors such as wider roads, larger vehicles, nighttime exposure, highway crashes, distracted driving, and gaps in driver education.