Man sought by police in homicide dies in car crash during chase in Kansas City
A man was killed in a car crash during a police pursuit Thursday afternoon in Kansas City.
The man was being sought by police in connection to a homicide, according to Sgt. Bill Mahoney, an accident investigation supervisor with the Kansas City Police Department.
The incident started just before 1:30 p.m. after police tried to pull over a Chrysler Sebring near East 40th and Olive streets.
According to Mahoney, police tried to box the vehicle in, but the driver rammed a patrol car and took off.
The driver headed south on Cleveland Avenue and lost control near East 46th Terrace, Mahoney said. The car hit a wooden utility pole, went through a wrought iron fence and struck an apartment building at 4710 Cleveland Ave.
The driver was taken to a hospital, where he later died. Police did not immediately release his name, pending family notification.
Police later said in a statement that officers were trying to arrest the driver for a felony warrant. A police spokesman did not yet have specific information on the warrant by the time police released the statement Thursday evening.
A female passenger in the front seat of the vehicle was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
The incident remained under investigation.
This story was originally published February 27, 2020 at 4:01 PM.
