A 40-year-old south Kansas City woman was killed and another woman injured Thursday in a freak accident at a car wash, police said Friday. The women were on a bench in front of the business at 12204 Blue Ridge Blvd., waiting for their vehicles to come out of the car wash at 3:55 p.m. when an SUV emerging from the wash apparently went out of control and struck them, police said.

The deceased woman’s name was not released. The other woman, 66 and also of south Kansas City, was hospitalized. The SUV flipped onto its side. Police said the driver, a 66-year-old Leawood man who had stayed in it as it went through the wash, was shaken but uninjured. The accident is under investigation.

KANSAS CITY | Locust Street closing

Locust Street from 11th to 12th streets will be closed from 7 p.m. tonight until 6 a.