KANSAS CITY, MO – A high-speed car wreck in Kansas City early Sunday morning left one person dead and three injured, according to Fox4KC.
The Kansas City Police Department stated that the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu was going south on The Paseo at a high rate of speed at about 1:20 a.m. The vehicle began to slide near 16th Street, went up a curb, through some grass and then crashed into a large tree.
The driver was pronounced dead after being taken to an area hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, police said. One front seat passenger was hospitalized in critical condition, while another suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. A passenger in the back seat was seriously injured.
Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the fatal collision.
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