Apr 29, 2021

Update: Police say parent hit by car in Kan. school parking lot during fight

Posted Apr 29, 2021 12:23 PM
Tyla Jack photo KCPD
Tyla Jack photo KCPD

OVERLAND PARK —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fight between students and parents at a Kansas middle school where one parent was run over and critically injured issued an attempt to locate for 40-year-old  Tyla Jack.

Police believe Jack was driving this vehicle when it struck and seriously injured the mother of another student. If you have info call 816-474-TIPS.
Police believe Jack was driving this vehicle when it struck and seriously injured the mother of another student. If you have info call 816-474-TIPS.

The incident happened Tuesday afternoon and started with a fight between two girls at Carl Bruce Middle School, 2100 N 18th St, Kansas City, Kansas.

School officials broke up the fight and called the girls’ parents, who showed up on the scene and made matters worse, police said.

As the mother of one of the girls walked away to leave, a family member of the other girl ran over the woman with her car and dragged her, police said. No students were hurt in the altercation.

The woman who was hit was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. Police said the driver who hit her later identified as Tyla Jack fled the scene.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A fight involving students and parents at a Kansas middle school became a police matter when one parent was run over and critically injured in the school’s parking lot, police in Kansas City, Kansas, said.

Police on the scene in the school parking lot on Tuesday -photo courtesy KMBC  TV
Police on the scene in the school parking lot on Tuesday -photo courtesy KMBC  TV

The incident happened Tuesday afternoon and started with a fight between two girls at Carl Bruce Middle School, station WDAF reported. School officials broke up the fight and called the girls’ parents, who showed up on the scene and made matters worse, police said.

As the mother of one of the girls walked away to leave, a family member of the other girl ran over the woman with her car and dragged her, police said. No students were hurt in the altercation.

The woman who was hit was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. Police said the driver who hit her fled the scene and had not been arrested by early Wednesday morning.

Police said they are investigating and reviewing video of the crash.