North KC Police ID Baby Killed By Older Driver

CREATED Sep. 18, 2012

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NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police have identified the baby struck and killed when an 88-year-old driver sped backward out of a handicapped parking space in a North Kansas City church parking lot.

The Kansas City Star  said the victim was Autumn Humphrey. She would have turned 1 on Sept. 30. The driver also slammed into the girl's 65-year-old grandfather and her 40-year-old aunt outside First Baptist Church.

Police said they suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. The girl's grandfather was released from the hospital Monday morning.

The driver wasn't injured, and police aren't identifying him. He is cooperating in the investigation.