KANSAS CITY, MO – A high-speed car wreck in Kansas City early Wednesday morning left two people injured, one critically.
According to a KSHB report, the crash took place shortly after 4 a.m. in the vicinity of U.S. Route 71 and Interstate 435. Police investigators learned that the driver of an Infiniti was heading south on I-435 at a high rate of speed and was unable to negotiate a curve in the roadway near the Interstate 470 split.
The vehicle crashed into a concrete support pillar of an overhead highway sign.
Two people in the Infiniti were rushed to an area hospital, where the passenger was listed in critical condition.
Police are continuing to investigate the crash, and said that the driver appeared to show signs of impairment.
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