KANSAS CITY, MO – A crash involving a fleeing robbery suspect left two people dead early Tuesday morning, Kansas City police said.
According to KSHB, the incident began when police began pursuing an armed man driving a Dodge Challenger on Missouri 210 Highway at about 4:30 a.m. The driver was suspected in robberies at three Kansas City convenience stores.
Police said the driver began going in the wrong direction on I-435 northbound and collided head-on with another vehicle. The suspect and the driver of the other vehicle were killed in the wreck.
Authorities shut down the northbound lanes of I-435 in the area for about five hours while an investigation was conducted into the incident.
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