Person seriously injured after driving off dead end road in Kansas City, police say
Kansas City police are investigating after a single vehicle crash left one person seriously injured Sunday.
Police were called just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday to a crash in the 12000 block of North Winan Avenue, Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, said in an email.
The driver of a Ford Fusion car was headed south on Winan Avenue, a dead end road, “at a high rate of speed” and failed to stop driving where the road ends, according to the crash report.
“The Ford traveled approximately 30 yards into the wood line before striking a large tree head on,” Becchina said.
The driver was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. As of Sunday afternoon the driver was in stable condition.
Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star