KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A two-vehicle crash Friday night left one dead and two seriously injured, per the Liberty Police Department.
Officers say the accident happened around 8:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Missouri 291 Highway near Cedar Avenue.
Police say a Ford Focus traveling northbound at a "high rate of speed" struck the passenger side of a southbound vehicle that was making a turn onto Cedar.
The passenger of the turning vehicle, identified as 53-year-old Kristine Huff, of Kansas City, Missouri, was taken to an area hospital. However, Huff later succumbed to her injuries, per police.
The driver of the Focus and the driver of the vehicle Huff was riding in were transported to area hospitals with "serious injuries."
Shortly after the accident, the northbound lanes of Missouri 291 Highway were closed. By 12:15 a.m., police provided an update that the highway had reopened.
Investigation into the incident is ongoing by Liberty police.
