KANSAS CITY, MO – New details have been released regarding a fatal crash involving a stolen car in east Kansas City last week, KSHB reports.
The people who died in the wreck have now been identified, police said. They include two of the vehicle’s passengers, 37-year-old Reginald K. Smith and 32-year-old Myesha S. Gentry. The driver, a 16-year-old boy, was also killed.
The three were in a Kia Soul that was pulled over by a police officer Aug. 14 for a traffic violation at Cleveland Avenue and 31st Street.
Police said the Kia driver sped away when the officer got out of his car. The officer, who did not pursue the car, saw that the license plates indicated it to be a stolen vehicle.
The Kia driver took off going east on 35th Street at a high rate of speed and approached a Chevy Tahoe in the same lane that was slowing down to make a left turn onto Norton Avenue. The Kia driver pulled into the westbound lanes to pass the Chevy as that driver was starting to make the turn, and the two vehicles collided at about 5 p.m. The Chevy spun and ended up south on Norton Avenue, while the Kia, which had eight occupants, struck a large utility pole and overturned.
Along with the three people who died, five other passengers suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, a 20-year-old man and four children, ages 13, 12, 6 and 4. The driver of the Chevy was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
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