KANSAS CITY —One person died in crash while fleeing a traffic stop just after 2a.m. Monday in Kansas City.
The Missouri Highway Patrol was in pursuit of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee that had refused to stop for a traffic violation, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina.
The Jeep was westbound at a high rate of speed on 33rd Street. In the area of 33rd and Indiana, the Jeep traveled off the roadway to the right, struck two telephone poles and then a large tree.
EMS transported the driver and sole occupant of the Jeep to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to Becchina.
This is Fatality #25 compared to #14 at this time last year and the investigation is ongoing. No KCPD officers were directly involved in the pursuit.