UPDATE, Aug. 25 | Police say the "deceased unknown front passenger" has been confirmed as the passenger in the vehicle.
On Friday, police identified the passenger as Lacey Hardcastle, 32, of Kansas City, Missouri.
Charges are pending.
ORIGINAL REPORT | One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash on westbound I-70 near the East 13th Street exit shortly after midnight on Monday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the scene after a vehicle went off the road to the right, hit a barricade, bounced back across the interstate, went off the road to the left, and caught fire.
Kansas City, Missouri, police said the driver escaped the vehicle but a passenger died in the crash. A second passenger suffered critical injuries and was transported to the hospital.
The driver left the scene in another vehicle, making it a hit-and-run crash.
I-70 westbound was closed for nearly four hours during the investigation.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to call police.
