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Mo. man charged in hit-and-run fatal in Kan.

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- An Independence, Mo., man has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash in the Kansas City suburb of Lenexa.

Thirty-two-year-old Clark L. Montgomery remained jailed Friday in Johnson County on $100,000 bond. He has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and with driving with a suspended license.

Monday's crash killed 84-year-old Rita F. Huscher, of Olathe.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said her minivan was struck from behind before hitting a bridge support pillar.