Pedestrian killed in fire truck collision remembered

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — When Tami Knight came to Club Pilates successful Liberty, she brought stories of escapade and a tone of kindness.

“When you saw her connected the database for the class, it was thing to look guardant to,” said Patrick Copley, the Pilates studio’s owner.

Her grin beams successful a photograph holding a motion that reads, “Welcome to the 250 club,” taken erstwhile she completed 250 classes.

“Tami was a light, ever had thing affirmative to say, 1 of those radical who ne'er had a atrocious day, 1 of those radical who ever had thing coming up connected the horizon, whether it was scuba diving oregon skydiving oregon hiking.”

She owned a photography concern and worked for the Kansas City Public schools successful their administrative office.

KCPS Chief Communications Officer Kelly Wachel worked intimately with her.

“Tami was our quiet, rockstar information analyst,” the Wachel wrote successful an email. “The nighttime of her death, she spent clip telling each of her teammates personally wherefore she was grateful for each them. It gives maine affectional goosebumps conscionable reasoning astir it. We are heartbroken.”

Knight was connected the sidewalk connected December 15th erstwhile and SUV and occurrence motortruck collided, hitting a building, which collapsed. She was recovered nether the rubble the adjacent morning.

Police told america the occurrence motortruck passed done the intersection of Westport Road and Broadway connected a reddish airy with their lights and sirens activated.

KCTV obtained section policy, which states, “Unless each lanes tin beryllium accounted for by the operator during an exigency response, each Fire Department vehicles shall travel to a implicit halt astatine each reddish airy intersections and antagonistic close of mode situations.”

The 2 radical successful the SUV were besides killed.

Jennifer San Nicholas was driving a co-worker location from Ragazza, the adjacent edifice wherever they worked.

That co-worker, Michael Elwood, was readying to determination backmost to his hometown 3 days aboriginal to assistance attraction for his mother, who is battling cancer.

As for Knight, Copley has a connection for each the others who are holding her adjacent successful their hearts.

“To her mom, specifically, you had an awesome daughter. We'll ne'er hide her. She was peculiar and we are each amended for having known her,” Copley said, warring backmost a lump successful his throat.

Police and occurrence officials accidental the probe into the wreck volition apt instrumentality a period oregon longer.