BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. — Police in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say a man died and a young woman was critically injured in a crash as the pair fled police.
The Kansas City Star reports that the crash happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in Bonner Springs. Police had responded to reports of a car speeding, driving recklessly and squealing tires in a residential area. Police say when officers spotted the car, it fled reaching speeds of 114 mph before crashing and hitting a tree. Police say the driver, 22-year-old Juan Carlos Marquez of Bonner Springs, died at a hospital.
An 18-year-old woman who was a passenger in the car was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
